Tondeleyo Gonzalez is an Assistant Project Director at the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence, where she is a lead in the efforts to bring new graduate nurse residency programs to rural parts of Colorado through the Workforce Innovation Nurse Networking (WINN) Program. She also works on supporting and growing the Colorado 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 Counseling, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology. Her passion for mentorship, team member development and Diversity and Inclusion prompted the creation of a hospital-wide mentoring program for over 7,500 team members, 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 six years.