Caroline E. Ortiz is an associate professor within the Pacific College of Health and Science’s Holistic Nursing Program and adjunct senior lecturer at the California Institute of Integral Studies’ Integrative Health Studies Program. She has developed holistic health programs for healthcare providers and general audiences, participated in integrative medicine research, and created a Spanish-language guided meditation library for Hay House. She is active with the National Association of Hispanic Nurses – New York Chapter and the Integrative Health Project’s work in Guatemala. She is also a an apprentice of curanderismo (traditional medicine of Mesoamerican roots) and researcher of traditional healing practices from Mexico in the U.S.

Caroline earned a BSN from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX, a dual Master of Science degree in Advanced Public Health Nursing (MSN) and Urban Public Health (MPH) from the City University of New York – Hunter College, and a PhD in Nursing Education from Villanova University. She is also a board-certified integrative nurse coach (NC-BC) through the International Nurse Coach Association.