Pilar Gonzalez Quintero, BSN

Registered Nurse, UCLA Health
BSN, Nursing, CSU Los Angeles

With a goal of becoming a Nurse Practitioner, Pilar has completed well over 700 hours of clinical rotations to explore various specialties, gain insight into patient experience, and work to identify gaps in the health care system. These rotations included Medical Surgical at Beverly Hospital; Medical Surgical and Telemetry at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center; Intensive Care, Pediatrics, and Labor & Delivery at Huntington Hospital; and Psychiatric at Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Center. At Kaiser Permanente Panorama City, she participated in the Learning About Unlimited New Careers in Healthcare (LAUNCH) Internship Program, served as a motivational speaker, and volunteered more than 400 hours doing patient rounds. Additionally, she served as a Mentor through CSULA’s Mentorship Program, member of Alpha Tau Delta and the National Student Nurses’ Association, and Treasurer of the Women Empowerment Club. She also earned her Basic Life Support Certification from the American Heart Association and was an Administrative Clinical Care Partner at UCLA Health, caring for patients in the Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, and Telemetry Units, as well as in the Emergency Department—where she was hired as a Registered Nurse upon graduation!