Safe Space presentation at the School of Nursing

Today, Leo Benavides, a third semester student in the BSN program and PRIDE's lead nursing liaison, organized the largest single Safe Space session seen on campus. The educational event was held at the School of Nursing with approximately 60 participants, which included both students and faculty of different disciplines. 

Presenting with Eric Gonzales, Leo did an incredible job organizing the event so that it ran smoothly. It was no easy task to manage the presentation and the 12 breakout group discussions that came along with the unprecedented number of attendees. PRIDE would like to extend a special thanks to the 10 additional students who volunteered to facilitate small group case discussions: Brenda Villareal, Gilbert Vazquez, Jennifer Leet, Christopher Lam, John (Jack) Flores, Elisha Hwang, Kiersten Westhart, John (Philip) Palmer, Dustin Green, and Shaoli Chaudhuri. 

With Leo's hard work, PRIDE is more than ever becoming a student organization truly inclusive of other health disciplines. We are very excited to continue fostering the relationships between the School of Nursing, School of Medicine, and Department of Physician Assistant Studies. We also hope to reach out to other departments with talented individuals such as Leo. 

Leo Benavides, 3rd semester student in the BSN program

Dr. Peter Guarnero, co-faculty adviser of PRIDE, addressing the audience

Thank you for coming everyone, and we hope to see you at our clinician-focused presentation in the spring, "Safe Space 2.0: A clinician's guide to LGBTQ health"!