Tina Loarte-Rodriguez

Tina Loarte-Rodriguez, DNP, RN, CPPS, CPHRM
​Executive Director
The Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce, Inc.

Dr. Tina Loarte-Rodriguez has over eighteen years of nursing experience in various healthcare settings and specialties. A first-generation college graduate, she is a graduate of Cornell University, the University of Connecticut, and Quinnipiac University. A perpetual learner passionate about innovation, health equity, and advocacy, she completed the American Nurses Association’s Innovation Accelerator Program in 2023 and is a 2023-2024 Fellow of the American Nurses Advocacy Institute. Tina knows nurses are highly skilled professionals and belong everywhere decisions about people are made.   
  
Dr. Loarte-Rodriguez is a 2021 Hartford Business Journal Healthcare Hero Award winner. She also led her nursing team to win the 2021 Connecticut Nurses Association Excellence in Team Award. She is active with the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN), the Connecticut Nurses Association (CNA), and DNPs of Color (DOCs). Tina has published several works, including her recent book, Latinas In Nursing, the first anthology celebrating the journeys of fifteen Latina nurses across the United States.  Tina works hard, and she plays even harder. She loves dancing, traveling, and reading. An Afro-Latina Boricua (Puerto Rican), born and raised in the Bronx, NY.