TNP FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP
UT Health San Antonio
Deborah Teng graduated from the Hunter College School of Nursing in New York City and worked as a medical-surgical bedside nurse for one year at New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital. After that, she and her family moved to San Antonio, Texas, to be closer to relatives. In San Antonio, she began working in the Cardiac ICU at Methodist Hospital. She later transitioned to the Cardiothoracic/Transplant ICU at University Hospital, a magnet institution, where she has worked for the past ten years. Currently, she serves as a mentor and charge nurse on her unit and participates in several shared governance committees.
Deborah is in her final year of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at UT Health San Antonio, specializing in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner track. Additionally, she is a member of several nursing organizations, including the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and Texas Nurse Practitioners (TNP). Outside of her professional life, she has a busy home life with two boys aged 12 and 6, as well as a cat and a rambunctious dog.
