Gabriela Ruiz, MD

Gabriela Ruiz, MD

Gabriela Ruiz, MD, is a physician resident with Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital. Dr. Ruiz joined the ministry in 2022 as a part of the pediatric residency and is now in her second year of training.  “I always loved science in general, but medicine drew me in...
Lorenza Tomas Alonzo, RN

Lorenza Tomas Alonzo, RN

Lorenzo Tomas Alonzo, RN, works at Our Lady of the Lake Assumption as an ER nurse. Alonzo has been with our health system since January 2016.   Alonzo was born in Guatemala, and her family moved to the United States when she was 7. A fun fact about Alonzo is that...
Laura Daigle, RN

Laura Daigle, RN

Laura Daigle, RN, is a nurse in Labor and Delivery at Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Daigle joined our ministry before she graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2016 by participating in the Accelerated Clinical Experience...
Arturo Blanco, MD

Arturo Blanco, MD

Arturo Blanco, MD, is a board-certified family physician who has been a part of our ministry for more than 13 years. Dr. Blanco serves at the family medicine clinic in Clinton. Dr. Blanco says, “As a small child I had the desire to be a physician. It has always been...
Anna Maria Medrano, RN

Anna Maria Medrano, RN

Anna Maria Medrano, RN, is a night shift nurse in the medical surgery unit at Our Lady of the Angels Hospital. Medrano has been with the ministry for almost three years.  “When I was younger my mom was very sick,” Medrano says. “I watched her go through so much, and I...