Yes ,Dr Ildaura Murillo-Rohde was a hispanic.Ildaura Murillo-Rohde was born in Panama on September 6, 1920. In 1945, Ildaura immigrated to the United States.
In 1948, she graduated from the Medical and Surgical Hospital School of Nursing with a nursing diploma. Teachers College, Columbia University, awarded her an undergraduate degree in psychiatric nursing teaching and supervision.
She graduated from Columbia University with an MA in teaching and curriculum development and an MEd in education and administration. Murillo-Rohde was the first Hispanic nurse to receive a doctorate from New York University in 1971.
After her attempts to organize a caucus were denied by the American Nurses Association, Ildaura Murillo-Rohde founded the National Association of Hispanic Nurses in 1975.
The NAHN, like Murillo-Rohde, focuses on improving the healthcare system for Hispanics, both as patients and as medical professionals.
