Tondeleyo Gonzalez is an Assistant Project Director at the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence building New Graduate Nurse Residencies in rural parts of Colorado through the Workforce Innovation Nursing Network (WINN) Project. She is also working on growing the Simulation Collaborative, and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion as a Diversity Teaching Associate.
Tondeleyo has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University, a Masters in Community Counsel, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology. Tondeleyo’s passion for mentorship, team member development and Diversity and Inclusion has prompted the creation of mentorship and peer leadership programs, and trainings focused on communicating about culturally sensitive issues. Tondeleyo is an active mentor for diverse nursing students through the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence’s Mentoring Program for the last five years and counting.
Tondeleyo’s ability to embrace difference, as a Certified Career Management Coach, has allowed her to empower diverse clients to recognize and leverage their unique talents to achieve their goals and contribute to organizational outcomes.
Tondeleyo is on the Advisory Board for Community College of Denver’s Nursing Program and an active member of the Application Review Committee for the CU School of Nursing.