Celebrating over 45 years of increasing the number of post-baccalaureate (master’s and doctoral level) behavioral health nurses from underrepresented ethnic minority groups.

The MFP/ANA provides training opportunities for Fellows to learn about leadership, health policy, education and community engagement.  The 2017 ITI Conference & Institute focused on “Eliminating Mental Health and Substance Use Disparities through Leadership, Education, and Community Engagement”

Fellows are provided opportunities to learn about the indigenous communities within locations of the MFP/ANA Intensive Training Institutes(ITI).  The 2019 ITI provided an opportunity to visit the Fred George Basin Greenway Museum and learn about the Muscogee Culture.

After four decades of successfully supporting doctoral students, the MFP expanded to include masters level students. Initially called MFP-Youth(now MFP-Masters), the program was part of President Barack Obama’s Now Is The Time- Youth (NITT-Y) initiative and supports students admitted to or currently matriculating in a full-time accredited masters degree program in behavioral health (psychiatric nursing) or substance abuse disorders prevention and treatment. (Group photo of inaugural MFP-Master’s cohort)

Current Fellows and Alumni present scholarly work at the nation’s leading ethnic nursing organizations such as the National Association of Hispanic Nurses.  (Photo: Griselle Estrada, Daisy Lara and Rosa Gonzalez)