Scholars@Duke

Lisvel earned her ADN from Central Piedmont Community College (2012) in Charlotte, North Carolina. She began her career as a staff RN working with adolescents in a behavioral health facility while earning her BSN from University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2013). During her time as a staff nurse, she became interested in becoming a nurse practitioner with the purpose to fill the growing need for diverse providers offering primary care to disadvantaged adolescent females. Lisvel pursued graduate studies with Duke University and earned her MSN as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (2016). She also completed her Post Graduate Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate (2019). She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International. She has a passion for working in community-based settings and women's health. Her current research interest lies within learning more and improving Latin health disparities. Lisvel currently works on SER Hispano project as a data collector. SER Hispano is an NIH-funded longitudinal study, which is examining the influence of acculturation stress and resilience on the substance abuse, mental health, violence, HIV syndetic and stress biomarkers over time. She wants to conduct research that is community-based and utilize meaningful engagement strategies to generate quality data..