Asian American / Pacific Islander
Nurses Association, Inc.

Affiliation to National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA)

NCEMNA is a unified force advocating for equity and justice in nursing and health care for ethnic minority populations. The Asian American / Pacific Islander Nurses is a proud affiliate of NCEMNA.

2019 – 2020

2019-2020 Executive Committee


Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN
President (January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2021)

Senior Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
Professor & Edith Folsom Honeycutt Endowed Chair
Emory University
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
1520 Clifton Road, Atlanta GA 30322
Phone: 404-712-9805

Hyeoneui Kim, PhD.
President-Elect (January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2021)

Associate Professor
Duke Center for Health Informatics
University School of Nursing
307 Trent Drive
Durham, NC 27710
Phone: (919) 684-7534

Lina Nguyen, PhD, RN, CNE
Secretary (January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2020)
Assistant Professor
Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing

Young-Shin Lee, PhD, RN
Treasurer (January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2021)
Associate Professor
School of Nursing, San Diego State University
AH 3154, 5500 Campanile Dr.,
San Diego, CA 92182

Alona Angosta, PhD, APRN, FNP, NP-C
Past President
(January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2021)
Associate Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator (MSN & Post-Master’s Certificate)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
School of Nursing
4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 453018
Las Vegas, NV 89154-3018
Phone: (702) 895-1218