While visiting San Juan, Puerto Rico, in January 2019, Nursing Economic$ Editor Dr. Donna Nickitas talked with Senator Eduardo Bhatia, the current Minority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate. Their conversation focused on climate change and Hurricane Maria’s impact on Puerto Rico.

Having assumed office in 2017, Senator Eduardo Bhatia is the current Minority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate and the former President of the Puerto Rico Senate. Senator Bhatia holds a degree in Government and Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, where he later was also a member of the Princeton University Democrats and the Princeton University Council. Senator Bhatia’s career in public policy is extensive, including in 2014 authoring the most comprehensive energy reform law in Puerto Rico’s history, as well as his roles as Chair of the Eastern Regional Conference of the United States Council of State Governments and President of the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, as well as his membership with the Council of State Government, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, and the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda.

Dr. Donna Nickitas is Dean and Professor for the Rutgers School of Nursing in Camden, NJ, and the Editor of Nursing Economic$.

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