Webinar Panelists: 

Ari Rasori, RN, FNP, MedTreks Medical Director

Ari is a nurse practitioner passionate about holistic and international health. She is dedicated to creating programs and courses that integrate health education and personal empowerment while sharing her love for adventure and travel. She has traveled extensively on six continents over the past 32 years, participated in several international health projects and guided on various international medical trips. She enjoys creating global health curriculum and courses for MedTreks and is constantly seeking new ways to provide medical training and skills to nurses, students, and community health workers. Ari is the director of Nursing Program Development at HopeCore and has founded the MedTreks Kenya program as a way to strengthen the training and collaboration for medical professionals interested in improving global health. She enjoys running annual trips to Kenya, bringing medical professionals from the US to do direct training and hands-on skills with the HopeCore medical staff. Ari Rasori is currently a nurse practitioner in the Emergency Department in Southern Oregon. She loves her job working with a wide spectrum of patients, but when she is not working or traveling, she enjoys hiking, skiing, camping, yoga, rafting, biking and spending time with friends in the outdoors.

Deepika Goyal, RN, FNP, PHD, MedTreks Kenya Faculty 

Dr. Goyal obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, and her Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate at San Jose State University (SJSU). She obtained a PhD in Nursing from the University of California, San Francisco. She has been working as a family nurse practitioner since 2002 and teaching at SJSU since 2007. Dr. Goyal is a nurse educator, family nurse practitioner, and researcher who is passionate about maternal child health, in particular, mental health among underrepresented and minority women

Dr. Goyal’s research continues to add to the postpartum mental health narrative regarding minority women’s experience, mental health help-seeking behavior, and preferred management of perinatal depression. Her research findings provide clinicians with the information they need to provide culturally-informed care in an effort to promote optimal maternal-child well-being outcomes. Dr. Goyal continues to be an instrumental part of our clinical education team, providing ongoing presentations and hands-on skills training to our staff in Kenya.

Jan Zachry, MBA, RN, MedTreks Kenya Faculty

Jan Zachry was the vice president, chief operations executive/administrator for Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. She is a registered nurse with an MBA and more than 20 years of progressive management responsibility for multiple clinical, diagnostic and ancillary services, including nursing, cardiology, emergency, and radiology for tertiary healthcare systems and community hospitals. For the past three years, Jan has joined MedTreks as faculty for MedTreks Kenya working with Village HopeCore International in Kenya. She has been instrumental in training the HopeCore staff on topics such as leadership, change management, healthcare delivery, well-child assessments, first aid and care of the newborn. Previously, Jan Zachry volunteered her time and expertise in Nepal Health Care project where she consulted on the creation of an intensive care unit for a government hospital located in a densely populated agricultural community outside Kathmandu. She trained 45 physicians and nurses in critical care protocols. Jan continues to volunteer her time and expertise as MedTreks Kenya faculty.

Debi Solberg, RN. MedTreks Kenya Faculty 

Debi is excited to join MedTreks Kenya as a volunteer faculty, sharing her background in teaching, training and working in high intensity hospitals. Debi’s experience as an RN for 40+ years includes working in the ED, Trauma ICU, Burn ICU, PACU, and as a Flight nurse. She is experienced with emergency management and operations, having worked with the Washington-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team for nearly 30 years where she was the Administrative Officer and chief RN, deploying to multiple natural manmade disasters, including 9/11. Debi has an immense love of nursing and international travel which came about after volunteer trips to Peru and Nepal. Since then, she’s received her Master’s in Nursing, and has continued teaching ACLS and CPR as well as finding volunteer opportunities whenever possible. When not working, Debi is taking drum lessons, rowing when possible, and traveling. She is grateful for the continued opportunity to work with MedTreks International.

Winnie Wanjiru L Njuguna, MedTreks Kenya Faculty  

Winnie Wanjiru L Njuguna is an Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner with a Masters Degree (Cum Laude) in Child Nursing from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She works at the Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, Kenya- Oncology unit and is a member of the Quality and Patient Safety team. She has over 15years of experience in pediatric Nursing, Accident and Emergency department and pediatric oncology. Winnie is passionate about improving the outcomes of children with cancer in the region through education of the clinical workforce and evidenced based practice. Winnie is a certified instructor for resuscitation courses such as Emergency Assessment and Treatment plus Admission care (ETAT+), Pediatric Immediate Life Support (PILs) and Newborn Life Support. She strives to ensure clinicians are equipped with the knowledge and skills for early recognition and prompt treatment of the seriously ill newborn and child.

“If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For passion will lead you right into your purpose.”

Bishop T.D. Jakes, evangelist