Rudi Rubio Mondragon (she/they/ella) is a Registered Nurse, Student Nurse Midwife, and candidate for a Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) with the UW School of Nursing in Seattle, WA. Rudi has over 15 years of experience working in safety net, full-spectrum reproductive health clinics and programs serving Latinx and immigrant families and communities, the LGBTQIA2S+ community, and pregnancy-capable individuals from puberty through end of life. Her professional passions include reproductive health, rights, and justice; queer and trans health; care of substance-using pregnant people; nursing education; and health equity for LGBTQ+/BIPOC/Latinx and immigrant communities.
As a first generation college graduate, queer Latina, and parent of three, Rudi has navigated cultural and systemic barriers to higher education while receiving tremendous support from mentors, colleagues, and the communities she served at the Women’s Community Clinic, Lyon-Martin Community Health Services, and SisterWeb Community Doula Network in San Francisco, CA.
She builds on this strong foundation through her work as a Maternity Support Services Nurse with Sea Mar Community Health Services and Teaching Assistant with the UW School of Nursing. Rudi believes that our collective growth and well-being requires ongoing investment back into the communities we come from and is committed to nurturing future generations of aspiring Nurses and Midwives.
As a future clinician and nurse educator, and with the support of the Latino Center for Health Graduate Student Fellowship, Rudi will continue to champion leadership from Latinx and other underrepresented communities in Nursing, expanding access to culturally and linguistically congruent care, full-spectrum reproductive health services, gender and sexuality-affirming care, and more for Latinx/BIPOC/LGBTQIA2S+ communities in Washington State and beyond.