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Katherine Appleby ’24 education, leadership and professional achievement updates

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After graduating cum laude in 2024 with a degree in psychology, Katherine Appleby began her first year at the Yale School of Nursing as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner candidate. She was recently elected communications chair for Stomp Out Stroke, a community outreach initiative led by the Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital that promotes stroke awareness, prevention, and education in collaboration with neurology specialists and healthcare professionals. She was also elected vice president of the Yale Black Nurses Association. In her role as a behavioral nurse assistant at Regency House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, she was recognized as a Core Value Leader of the Month by National Health Care Associates.

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May 20, 2026

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