Judy Colorado
RN, BSN, MA, Chief Nurse Officer/VP for Patient Care Services • Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, RWJ Barnabas Health, New Jersey, USAJudy has grown academically and professionally over a span of the last 12 years — with her career starting in the Philippines to her current role as CNO at RWJBarnabas Health-Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in New Jersey.
Judy’s heart for mission work was birthed from her firsthand observations of her grandmother’s active mission work in their local community in the Philippines. Access to intermediate care was a two-hour travel from where she lived, and because of this, her grandmother’s living room was often temporarily turned into a community clinic where Judy, at a young age, became the ‘little nurse helper’ to two nurses and their family doctor in serving the community people when they sought for minor medical help. It was then when Judy committed herself to be a nurse.
Two years later, her grandmother and a team of community leaders applied for a government public health funding, and a fifty-bed community hospital was built. As she progressed on with her secondary education, she became an active youth leader in her church and her team was always mission focused.
Her experience as a student nurse at Philippine Christian University-Mary Johnston College of Nursing in Tondo, Manila in the early 80’s, provided opportunities for local mission work to flourish. As part of her yearly community nursing course, she had adopted a family living in the slums of Tondo and visited them at least once a week until she graduated in 1986.
Judy witnessed firsthand the poor conditions of the families and the many health issues they faced. Her frequent visitations, coupled with the personal care she delivered, fostered a strong bond. So, it was not a surprise, that when she graduated with her BSN, she volunteered to work at the hospital where she had her training as a student nurse in order to continue to visit her adopted families for another year.
Judy’s passion in mission work followed her when she migrated to the United States in 1989. As she progressed in her nursing leadership career, she also continued to engage with her local church, as well as to the global mission of the United Methodist Church. This fit perfectly with Judy’s role of leading the Social Impact team of the hospital, engaging in community outreach.
In 2017, Judy traveled to Cambodia with a team initiating partnership with nursing student scholars, while building sustainable community health and economic development in poor villages.
– Deb
Judy has grown academically and professionally over a span of the last 12 years — with her career starting in the Philippines to her current role as CNO at RWJBarnabas Health-Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in New Jersey.
Judy’s heart for mission work was birthed from her firsthand observations of her grandmother’s active mission work in their local community in the Philippines. Access to intermediate care was a two-hour travel from where she lived, and because of this, her grandmother’s living room was often temporarily turned into a community clinic where Judy, at a young age, became the ‘little nurse helper’ to two nurses and their family doctor in serving the community people when they sought for minor medical help. It was then when Judy committed herself to be a nurse.
Two years later, her grandmother and a team of community leaders applied for a government public health funding, and a fifty-bed community hospital was built. As she progressed on with her secondary education, she became an active youth leader in her church and her team was always mission focused.
Her experience as a student nurse at Philippine Christian University-Mary Johnston College of Nursing in Tondo, Manila in the early 80’s, provided opportunities for local mission work to flourish. As part of her yearly community nursing course, she had adopted a family living in the slums of Tondo and visited them at least once a week until she graduated in 1986.
Judy witnessed firsthand the poor conditions of the families and the many health issues they faced. Her frequent visitations, coupled with the personal care she delivered, fostered a strong bond. So, it was not a surprise, that when she graduated with her BSN, she volunteered to work at the hospital where she had her training as a student nurse in order to continue to visit her adopted families for another year.
Judy’s passion in mission work followed her when she migrated to the United States in 1989. As she progressed in her nursing leadership career, she also continued to engage with her local church, as well as to the global mission of the United Methodist Church. This fit perfectly with Judy’s role of leading the Social Impact team of the hospital, engaging in community outreach.
In 2017, Judy traveled to Cambodia with a team initiating partnership with nursing student scholars, while building sustainable community health and economic development in poor villages.
– Deb
