Melanie Sharpley is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She graduated from UNLV in the fall of 2014 and started her career working as a registered nurse on a 50-bed psychiatric adolescent unit at the age of 22. She then went on to receive a master of science in nursing from the University of South Alabama while working as charge nurse at a newly designed inpatient facility.

Serving under-represented patients in the Las Vegas area is her passion and improving mental health care access to all communities has always been her top priority. She has provided efficient and culturally competent care to pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation.
 

Marian Pascua has taught at UNLV School of Nursing as a Part-Time Instructor since 2018. She is an alumna who graduated from UNLV School of Nursing in 2009 with a bachelor of science in nursing. She earned her master of science in nursing education degree from University of Phoenix of Honolulu January 2015.

Marian has worked as a floor nurse, infection control nurse, Assistant Director of Nursing, and clinical instructor. She is the current President of UNLV SON Alumni Nursing Chapter and seeks to bring other alumni together.

Penny Morrison has been a Part-Time Instructor at UNLV since 2018. She earned her bachelor of science degree and Nursing Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing from Canada, as well as her master's degree in nursing education and doctoral degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Penny has worked in many different areas throughout her nursing career including mental health, medical surgical (cardiac, respiratory/infectious disease/ case management), and nursing education, including the service of providing NCLEX reviews to American Samoa School of Nursing. She taught nursing at University of Houston as an Assistant Professor and her scientific article “Oncology Expressive Arts: Providing a Window to Reflect on a Stressful Experience” was published in the Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 2022.