DR. SAM SCOLARO

Tampa General Hospital, and Chief of Staff of Tampa Osteopathic Hospital, FL

Sam was a huge advocate for aspiring nursing and medical students. He was instrumental in helping to establish post-graduate and intern/resident training programs at Brandon Regional Hospital, as well as supported the Foundation of Jersey College of Nursing where the Jonas Salk Lab was dedicated in his honor. He took great joy in teaching our future physicians by having students shadow him for the entirety of his career. 

ARTIST - YAFA NEGRETE was born in Mexico City.She received her bachelor’s degree in Graphic Designer from La Salle University. She worked at the Colegio Israelita de Mexico from 2008 to 2012 as a graphic designer, photographer, and painted some murals and scenographies. From 2012 to 2016 she worked in the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe, as a graphic designer and portrait drawing workshop teacher. There she was invited to draw the portrait of the founder of the institution, Eugenio Garza Sada, which she used to design a mural in the Learning Commons, located inside the Campus.