The DAISY Award

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FY 2026 DAISY Individual Award

• Lisette Bravo
• Blake Runyon

FY 2026 DAISY Leadership Award

FY 2026 DAISY Educator

• Grace Sund

FY 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award

FY 2026 DAISY Team Award

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FY 2025 DAISY Individual Award

• Joel Armamento
• Andrew Baird
• Ashley Bender
• Danielle Benson
• Kelly Buehler
• Maria Dolores Carpio
• Jing Chen
• Katherine Farabaugh
• Avelino (Billy) Fernando
• Martha Ganser
• Rosalie Garcia
• Mafalda Jamet
• Esther Lee
• Pamela Minasian
• Denise Moore Island
• Magdalena Mroczkowska
• Maria Nuno
• Kathy Paredes-Green
• Kira Radstrom
• Stephanie Rice
• Emily Rogers
• Atousa Salehi
• Mary Schelly

FY 2025 DAISY Leadership Award

• Lianna Ansryan
• Dinalyn Horneja
• Fotine (Tina) Mamais
• Katrine Murray
• Leslie Pixley
• Thanuttha (Tak) Tiensawang
• Lyxander Ulanday
• Vera Lopez

FY 2025 DAISY Educator

• Kennedy Davis
• Michelle Corral
• Kimberly Nunez
• Cameron Wolfe

FY 2025 DAISY Team Award

• 4NW
• 6NW
• Medicine & ED RN Clinical Case Managers
• PTU/PACU/TRU Team Award
• Perinatal Team Award

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FY 2024 DAISY Individual Award

• Pauline Andan
• Chrystal Bridges
• Valerie Carducci
• Eunice Eunjoo Chang
• Kristen Chin
• Rebekah Chung
• Pamela De La Pena
• Nancy Flores‐Mandesian
• Mary Gillam
• Olena Goncharenko
• Marilyn Guillermo
• Jeanne Huchting
• Irene Hwang
• Yasuhiko Ide
• Cristine Kim
• Eli Jack Latham
• Irina Levitskaya
• Marion McNamara
• Kenneth D Matthews II
• Fumiko (Fumi) McLaughlin
• Rayna McParlane
• Hazel Montoya
• Ann Munnelly
• Angela Park
• Derek Portea
• Christina Ruelas
• Diana Serrano
• Amy Sekhon
• David Wareham
• Sandra Young
• Nick Zambos

FY 2024 DAISY Leadership Award

• Lorraine Duli
• Leslie Evertson
• Stephanie Jackson
• Mandy Jasdhaul
• Florence Kibe
• Theresa Kirkpatrick
• Dahlia Maldonado
• Kenneth D Matthews II
• Susan Rappaport
• Nkauj‐Iab Xiong
• Joshua Yap
• Sangyoung Yu‐Choi 

FY 2024 Nurse Educator Award

• Erwin Azurdia
• Lindsey Macarthur 

FY 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award

• Izabela Araujo
• Marilou Bharwani

FY 2024 DAISY Team Award

• 3NW - UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
• 4 East C - Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
• Clinical Surveillance Team (coming soon)
• Department of Care Coordination - Surgery and Transplant Case Managers (coming soon)
• Liver Transplant Team (coming soon)
• Main Operating Room - UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
• MSU Clinical Neurophysiology Team (coming soon)
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Team
• Nursing Informatics (coming soon)
• Pediatric Infusion Team 

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FY 2023 DAISY Individual Award

• Abigail Puczkowski
• Arzeena Shariff
• Cody Kaufman
• Ephrem Solomon
• Gloria Young
• Jacqueline Wangerin
• Jenni Shpiro
• Johnjay Crawford
• Joowon Bang
• Josephine Sunga
• Lolita Kazaryants
• Lourdes Fukushima
• Maria Marquez
• Mary Anne Francisco
• Meghan Hebert
• Michelle Sanchez
• Monica Mikhael
• Stella Nazarpoor
• Tala Noori-Jah
• Tammi Burns

FY 2023 DAISY Leadership Award

• Cindy Bae
• Coleen Wilson
• Ema Wang
• Francis Saint Clair
• Heather Slattery
• K. David Bailey
• Lauren Yamamoto
• Lee Galuska
• Linsey Weigt
• Paulette Madley

FY 2023 DAISY Lifetime Achievement

• Jocelyn Miel
• Julie Creaser
• Rose Healy
• Shiow Hwang
• Valerie Yeo

FY 2023 DAISY Team Award

Ambulatory

• 2020 Infusion Center Nurses

Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA

• 4West "C" Neighborhood

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

• Discharge Lounge Team
• The Nurses of 8ICU

UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

• 2020 Oncology Infusion Center
• 4NW Nursing and The Arizona Surgery Team
• Main Operating Room Unit Practice Council 

UCLA Health

• Homeless Healthcare Collaborative 

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FY 2022 Individual Award

• Allyza Afable
• Devon Ballentine
• Julie  Hittleman
• Dahlia Maldonado
• David Organista
• Vanessa Patino
• Desiree Quebral
• MeiLani Renger

FY 2022 DAISY Leadership Award

• Lisa Bishop-Smith
• Sharon Gold
• Miriam Gonzalez-Lopez
• Yuhan Kao
• Cherie Neal
• Sheila Richardson
• Valerie Yeo

FY 2022 DAISY Lifetime Achievement

• Pattie Jakel
• Laurie Reyen
• (Posthumous): Nishi Jumna

FY 2022 DAISY Team Award

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

• Team 4ICU

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FY 2021 DAISY Award

• Scott Abcarian
• Izabela Araujo
• Erica Ascencio
• Allegra Bell
• Shelley Klein
• Paul Ksendz
• Jade Macaraig
• Diane Santos
• Robert Yeranosyan

FY 2021 DAISY Leadership Award

• Kathryne Figuracion-Cheng

FY 2021 DAISY Lifetime Achievement

• Barbara Anderson
• Sandra Dewar
• Sheri Monsein
• Annette Reed 

FY 2021 DAISY Team Award

UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

• 4SW ONCOLOGY

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FY 2020 DAISY Award

• Rene Abarca
• Andrew Baird
• Caitin Borja
• Danielle Everson
• Catherine Glass
• Lindsey Haleck
• Mithun Mahinda
• Jacob Merkel
• Pamela Miner
• Diana Ramos
• Samantha Thomas

Other Recent Awardees

• Adrienne Creamer
• Era Hawk
• Chessa Kabiling
• Leora Shachat
• Katrina Tavakkoli
• Melinda Vorpahl
• Jan Salveron
• Ma Celeste Teddy
• Randal "Randy" Lawrence
• Darlene Addison
• Terrin Clark
• Joanne Howe
• Yesenia Valle
• Sima Amajadian
• Mae Redila D'Amore
• Ileana Fonta
• Janine Le Roy
• Eunha Choi
• Elizabeth Montegrande
• Tina Rajabi
• Patricia Kirby
• Sharona Attar
• Team Snow Day