Prior to joining PSON, she was the nurse educator at Mt. Sinai Beth Israel’s Perioperative Services Department. Ms. Velasquez holds a post-graduate certification in nursing administration and is a certified operating room nurse. She also coordinates the continuing education course, An Introduction to Perioperative Nursing. In 2015, she presented the poster board presentation “A School’s Journey to Excellence” at the International Council of Nurses in Seoul, South Korea.