Daisy Magalit Rodriguez, MN, MPA, RN, has a wide range of experience in nursing from staff nurse to management positions in acute hospitals, and taught in nursing programs in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received the “2011 Nurse Educator of the Year” award by the Philippine Nurses Association of America.

The author has also co-authored chapters on the Filipino culture in two published books, as well as co-authored two  research studies in two national nursing publications of which she was principal investigator or co-investigator. She is currently on the advisory board of four professional nursing organizations. She was also recognized for her significant leadership role in nursing and the Philippine community as among “One Hundred Most Influential Filipina Women in the U.S.” awarded in 2009 by the Filipina Women’s Network. She was recently named in the VIP circle of the National Association of Professional Women as a 2013/2014 Professional Woman of the Year. President of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association Northern California Berkley Chapter. President of the University of the Philippines Nursing Alumni Association USA Inc. Past President of Philippine Nurses Association northern cal Inc.