Natalie Jones has enjoyed a rich career in nursing; one that has taken her across the United States and internationally, through various levels of academic achievement, and to the top levels of leadership in her field.
Health care was always a part of family conversations throughout her childhood, Gina Garozzo-Jones said. Her Sicilian immigrant grandmother only had been allowed to attend school up to the sixth grade, and always said that if she could have done anything, she would have been a nurse. The family took heed.
Fortunately for Eaglin, she was living in Lafayette, which happened to also be home to one of the best nursing schools in the south: the University of Louisiana. With a slight adjustment of focus, Eaglin embarked on a course of study that became her path to the operating room.
After entering the profession, first as an LPN and nursing assistant, Vangie Dennis quickly discovered the unplumbed depths of her interest in the field of health care, and dove in headfirst.