Jennifer Huerta Bandy

Biography:

Jennifer Huerta Bandy is a 4th year nursing student and Medical Mission leader of the Student Nurses’ Association at Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu. Jennifer strongly believes that nursing experience gained through medical missions and travel is as valuable as, if not more valuable than, what is learned in school. In addition to being a nursing student, she runs her beauty salon in Chicago with her sister. She has traveled to Seville, Spain, where she received medical training and interned as a student nurse, using her native language, SpanishJennifer organized and assisted in a medical mission to Molokai, Hawaii in the summer of 2023. She and her peers provided medical assistance and free haircuts to the people of Molokai. She enjoys being an active member of her community by hosting events such as a donation drive for the victims of the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, and being the ambassador of organizations, such as Be the Match.