Springfield Student Among 81 to Graduate with Nursing Degree

Elizabeth, NJ -- A total of 81 students, many from Union County, including Kimberly A. Moore of Springfield graduated from Trinitas School of Nursing and received their nursing diplomas and their Associate in Science degrees.

The ceremony took place at Union County College, where the 72 women and 9 men completed a joint course of study that combines a nursing diploma with a community college degree in a program that has been in place since the 1960s.

Graduates who received Nursing High Honors were Luisa Almeida, Karol Gillett, and Heidy Pena-Perez.

Nursing Honors were awarded to: Riza C. Barotac; Kimberly Beauge; Hyun A. Choi; Chynara Chotbaeva; Monique Sheron De Lima; Laura Difficile; Kerside Elien; Michael Fabunmi; Kalifa Frejimi; Sandra Joseph; Laula Jules; Omrit Kabesa; Yeabu Koroma; Kimberly A. Moore; Asuma Nabie; Rosemary Nickson; Ufuoma T. Ogero; Edwin Ogutu; Katherine Orozco; Temitope Popoola; Luz Maria Quiñones; Sylvia Rabinowitz; Glenda Rodriguez; Sebastian Samolewicz; Kariny Pinheiro Santos, and Shawn Victoria Waters.

Listed alphabetically are the members of the January 2016 class:

• Kikelomo Abdul (Brooklyn, NY);
• Leticia Agyemang-Boateng (Linden, NJ);
• Maria Alarcon (Linden, NJ);
• Luisa Almeida (Summit, NJ);
• Gleise Alves (Elizabeth);
• Seble A. Asfaw (Jersey City, NJ);
• Michelle Ballesteros (Bayonne, NJ);
• Riza C. Barotac (Union, NJ);
• Jesusa T. Barredo (Elizabeth);
• Kimberly Beauge (Roselle, NJ);
• Mauri Y. Belarmino (Staten Island, NY);
• Rupika Borrison (Elizabeth);
• Jenice Darilyn Caldwell (Hillside, NJ);
• Chiamaka J. Chirah (Roselle, NJ);
• Hyun A. Choi (Roselle Park, NJ);
• Chynara Chotbaeva (Rahway, NJ);
• Samantha Cioci (Sayreville, NJ);
• Lourdes Cortes (Brooklyn, NY);
• Patricia V. Cortez (Union, NJ);
• Sharon Michelle Crandon (Easton, PA);
• Richard David (Bloomfield, NJ);
• Kenya DeGroat-Beckum (Bayonne, NJ);
• Monique Sheron De Lima (Union, NJ);
• Laura Difficile (Irvington, NJ);
• Sara Echeverri (Plainfield, NJ);
• Kerside Elien(Brooklyn, NY);
• Shiely Elyaszadeh (Elizabeth, NJ);
• Ahmed Hazeeb Eshun (Corona, New York);
• Michael Fabunmi (Roselle, NJ);
• Christina P. Ferdinand (Rahway, NJ);
• Merica Fowler-Davis (Union, NJ);
• Mia Francis (Vauxhall, NJ);
• Kalifa Frejimi (Union, NJ);
• Karol Gillett (Elizabeth, NJ);
• Maria Laura Gonzalez (Elizabeth, NJ);
• Nancy Gonzalez (Plainfield, NJ);
• Tuyen Thi Ha (Union, NJ);
• Jessica Herrera (Elizabeth, NJ);
• Paula Jennings (Jamaica, NY);
• Sandra Joseph (Elizabeth, NJ);
• Laula Jules (Brooklyn, NY);
• Omrit Kabesa (Union, NJ);
• Ruth Anne Katalbas (Union, NJ);
• Yeabu Koroma (Somerset, NJ);
• Stephanie Lindquist (Bayonne, NJ);
• Chrismarc Luxama (Union, NJ);
• Jerson D. Marin Marulanda (Elizabeth, NJ);
• Rebecca Martinez (Staten Island, NY;)
• Jacinta Mbithi (Roselle, NJ);
• Daniel Mendez (Elizabeth, NJ);
• Sakina T. Miles (Edison, NJ);
• Carmen Isabel Mizell (Hillside, NJ);
• Omawattie Mohabeer (Linden, NJ);
• Kimberly A. Moore (Springfield, NJ);
• Anisha Mukherjee (Edison, NJ);
• Asuma Nabie (Plainfield, NJ);
• Rebecca Neequaye (Union, NJ);
• Rosemary Nickson (Basking Ridge, NJ);
• Omayra Nieves (Elizabeth, NJ);
• Ufuoma T. Ogero (Arverne, NY);
• Edwin Ogutu (Union, NJ);
• Katherine Orozco (Linden, NJ);
• Heidy Pena-Perez (Union, NJ);
• Yaniset Perez (Union City, NJ);
• Jasmine Pierre (Elizabeth, NJ);
• Temitope Popoola (Staten Island, NY);
• Luz Maria Quiñones (Plainfield, NJ);
• Sylvia Rabinowitz (Long Valley, NJ);
• Miosoty Ramos(Hopatcong, NJ);
• Giselle Lourenco Rebelo (Union, NJ);
• Andreia Ribeiro (Hillside, NJ);
• Mary E. Rispoli (South Plainfield, NJ);
• Glenda Rodriguez (Elizabeth, NJ);
• Sebastian Samolewicz (Linden, NJ);
• Kariny Pinheiro Santos (Nutley, NJ);
• Katherine Scotto (Marlboro, NJ);
• Ayrton Elauria Tagaca (Rahway, NJ);
• Norma Beatriz Tamay Morocho (Elizabeth, NJ);
• Shawn Victoria Waters (East Brunswick, NJ);
• Simone Webb (Cranford, NJ),
• and Diana Zamudio (Roselle, NJ).

For more information go to www.trinitasschoolofnursing.org.

(Photo provided: Trinitas School of Nursing, Jan 2016 class)