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T&T nursing group
reflects on achievements
Thecla Williams, RN, vice president.
RN Joan Mayers
the previous two presidents, Registered
Nurses Pamela Charles and Jacqueline
Greene. It also presented a community
service award to Marcel Robin.
Since 1990, Mayers said TTNAA
has awarded more than 60 “deserving
college enrolled students, who chose to
become part of this noble profession,
with scholarship grants awards.”
She said TTNAA has granted over
US$60, 000 in scholarships, “and is very
proud of this achievement.”
The most recent deserving nursing
student, Susan Waterman, received the
2018 scholarship grant award.
“In March 2019, she proudly informed
the organization that she was successful
at the State Board examination and
currently holds a Registered Nurse
license,” said Mayers about Waterman’s
achievement.
In 2005, she said Warner-Rollock
received a scholarship grant award and,
a year later, she joined the association.
Mayers said that, in 2018, another
scholarship grant awardee, Abigail
Snaggs, graduated with a Ph. D in
Nursing.
Join the Celebration
75 Yeararararararars of No-Kill
Action and Compassion
By Nelson A. King
As the Brooklyn-based, non-profit
Trinidad and Tobago Nurses’ Association
of America, Inc. (TTNAA) gets ready
to celebrate its 51st anniversary next
month, the group has been reflecting on
its achievements over the years.
According to public relations officer
Registered Nurse Joan Mayers, the 26th
installation of officers for the term 2019-
2020 term took place in April during the
group’s general monthly meeting.
Besides Mayers, the new executive
comprises Registered Nurses: President
Sherise Warner-Rollock; Vice President
Thecla Williams; Treasurer Naomi
Henry; Recording Secretary Maudlyn
George; Corresponding Secretary Adana
Edwards; Business Manager Jocelyn
Alleyne; Chaplin Barbara Guevarra-
Francis; Trustees Joyce Bain and
Allison Fletcher; and Sylma Nelson,
founding member, parliamentarian and
instillation officer.
Mayers told Caribbean Life that
TTNAA was founded in August 1968 by
“a small group of visionaries.”
“These nurses were convinced that
there was a compelling need to establish
linkage,” she said. “Their foresight and
unselfishness afforded the association
the opportunity to celebrate 50 years
(last year) of existence.”
Mayers said the first election of officers
took place in January 1969, with Phyllis
Clarke-Mills becoming the first president
“on whom the status of life membership
was conferred for her outstanding
contributions and commitment to the
association’s founding principles.”
The group’s public relations officer
said the association’s “purpose was, and
still is, to stimulate the professional,
social and developmental interests of
our colleagues in the City of New York,
its environs and our homeland of the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.”
During the 50th anniversary
celebrations, TTNAA recognized two
of the six original members, Nelson
and Claire Peterkin, RN, and honored
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