Yesenia has been working in the medical field for the past 14 years. She started as a medical assistant and discovered patient care was her passion. She started her nursing career in 2016 at Aventura Hospital Level II Trauma Center in the Emergency Room and within 2 years she obtained an ER Director position for a private 23 bed, Stroke Certified ER at Larkin Community Hospital in Hialeah, FL. It was during this time that she chose to pursue her post masters’ degree as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Maryville University. Yesenia believes that where the mind goes the body follows making a person’s mental health just as important as their physical well-being, yet so often overlooked. As a PMHNP, she wants patients to feel heard and understood. Her goal is to establish a therapeutic relationship with the patient from the first initial visit and in every encounter thereafter. She provides mental health care across the lifespan and utilizes psychoeducation with medication management to improve patient outcomes.