Amanda Quintana DNP, RN, FNP has been an RN since 1989. She received her BSN and MSN degree from Regis University and her DNP from University of Colorado in Denver. She worked as a Family nurse practitioner from 1999-2008 and then focused her career on nursing academia and leadership. Dr. Quintana is currently a Senior Project Director for the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence (Center) leading the HRSA Nursing Workforce Diversity Project to increase nursing workforce diversity in the state. Her projects focus on mentoring, holistic admissions, cultural competence training, and nursing education pipeline to bridge the nursing diversity workforce gap. She is an Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Qualified Administrator and a Co-Active trained coach.