The following people have each won a $1,000.00 scholarship for 2010.  Each applicant had to write an essay describing one of two things.  One was the major problem facing our healthcare system and how it could be corrected or addressed.  The other was to describe the importance of a Union and the role of themselves or their parent or guardian in the Union.  Also what did they feel was the Union's most important accomplishment.

The winners (pictured here with UNAP President Linda McDonald) are:

Laurie Deruosi, a registered nurse who works in the PACU at Rhode Island Hospital.  She has applied at the URI College of Nursing and wants to earn a Master of Science in Nursing Education degree to become a nurse educator within Lifespan and at the University.  To read Laurie's essay please click here.