Ella Walsh
Hall of Fame 2018 Cohort
Majoring in Health Professions
High School Graduation Year: 2012
Year First Awarded the Carson Scholarship, School: 2009, Quigley Catholic High School
Sponsored by: Carson Scholars Fund
Ella, a neonatal intensive care nurse at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, is passionate about helping those around her. As a community research assistant, she worked on a research project to better understand the causes of health disparities that young women face in regards to maternal and neonatal health. Ella is most proud of graduating as valedictorian of her nursing class at Duquesne while working as a community research assistant and two part-time jobs. Her story has come full circle: born with a fatal infection, she spent the first days of her life as a patient at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Ella is honored to share her career of saving the lives of neonates with the same team that saved hers.
Due to her compassionate and nurturing personality, Ella says that her spirit animal would be an elephant.
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