Lydia Garcia-Usry, RN, MSN, PHN

Instructor at the High Desert Regional Center for Azusa Pacific University since August 2014. Life long resident of Victor Valley. She is committed to public health needs and resources of the Victor Valley area that has grown from a small town community to a community of diverse populations. Some specific needs include homelessness, childhood obesity, and other chronic diseases. Population health is important for nursing students to understand how to keep their clients healthy in an environment that they live in. Keeping families health is important to sustain life and a healthy community.