Representative Ayanna Pressley spearheaded groundbreaking Congressional testimony for the Oversight Committee about ACEs focusing on “Identifying, Preventing, and Treating Childhood Trauma.” Here is a link to this “must watch” event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlF2ADWHZLU
Watch the full testimony, but pay special attention to 2:55:02 when Rep Pressley talks about her school nurse! You will be moved to tears as I was.
Robin Cogan MEd, RN, NCSN is a Nationally Certified School Nurse, currently completing her 17th year in the Camden City School District. Robin holds leadership positions on the New Jersey State School Nurses Association Executive Board as well as with the NJ Department of Education Preschool Nurse Advisory Board. She has been recognized locally and nationally for her community-based work, including the 2017 Johnson & Johnson School Nurse of the Year and the NJ Department of Health 2017 Population Health Hero Award. Robin serves as Faculty in the School Nurse Certificate Program at Rutgers-Camden School of Nursing where she teaches the next generation of school nurses.
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