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Kristen Parillo, MS RN, is a nurse educator who specializes in active learning in a flipped classroom environment. She acquired her master’s in nursing education in 2020 and her primary interest lies in the care of marginalized populations with a specialty in psychiatric nursing. She first started working as a registered nurse in mental health in 2000 and has accumulated almost 25 years of experience in various inpatient and outpatient settings. She completed her bachelor’s in psychology in 2006 and is currently working on her Doctorate in Nursing Practice. Becoming an
educator has allowed her to combine her passion for mental health nursing and her lifelong love of writing. Outside of the classroom, Kristen teaches the public about mental health initiatives and passionately advocates for the care and rights of the mentally ill. She was a volunteer after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in the lower 9th of New Orleans Louisiana and volunteers for many local organizations. She has various interests including organic micro-farming, history, traveling, languages, ice-fishing, and camping. In her spare time, she runs her small farm in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains with a focus on organics and sustainability and is currently developing plans for a food forest on her land where she can be found working in her gardens alongside her trusty flock of chickens.
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