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Dr. Eugenia Millender’s career in health has been dedicated to increasing access to quality care, decreasing health and mental disparities and providing a culturally sensitive environment for both patients and their communities. She has 20 years of experience working with community-based teams and vulnerable populations. She is a psychiatric nurse practitioner and a doctoral prepared nurse scientist. Her program of research includes stress and trauma that is often expressed through mental illness, substance abuse and chronic disease among indigenous, minority and underserved groups. She is the Founding Director for the Florida Atlantic University Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Community Health Center located in Westgate, West Palm Beach.