From immigration "enforcement" to vaccine destabilization, public health is being dismantled in plain sight. This week, Liam Conejo Ramos,  a 5-year-old boy with a blue bunny hat and a Spider-Man backpack, was detained by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. I can't unsee the image of the ICE officer holding the boy by his backpack, can… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: This Is Not Chaos. It Is Policy—and Children Are Paying the Price

Disclaimer: Carole King’s One Small Voice is a song about peace, truth-telling, and the quiet but powerful courage that builds change. This isn’t about politics — it’s about dignity, honesty, and the moral backbone required of us as humans, caregivers, educators, parents, and community stewards. There are songs we remember for melody… and there are… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: One Small Voice – A Song for Peace and Truth in Unsettled Times

This illustration by Katie Abey captures a tension so many of us are carrying right now. How do we stay informed about what’s happening in the world without letting it consume us?How do we care deeply without burning out? In school nursing, we don’t have the luxury of pretending the world isn’t heavy. What happens… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Both/And – Political Outrage and Magic & Whimsy

Gun violence is a preventable public health crisis, but the data needed to understand and stop it are often slow, incomplete, or underfunded. Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund has opened a new grant opportunity that helps close this gap by supporting research with EveryShot, an AI-powered, near real-time database of gun violence incidents across… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Closing the Data Gap in a Preventable Gun Violence Crisis

How Collective Advocacy Forced the Reinstatement of Billions in SAMHSA Mental Health Grants Health and Human Services (HHS) did not suddenly find its conscience; it heard a roar and retreated. Within hours of quietly moving to cancel nearly two thousand Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAMHSA mental health and substance use grants, the… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: They Counted on Our Silence – We Proved Them Wrong