Aliria Rascón

Aliria Rascón is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Edson College of Nursing and Health innovation at Arizona State University where she has enjoyed teaching nursing since 2013. Dr. Rascón has taught over 18 different courses in undergraduate and graduate programs including didactic, clinical, experiential, hybrid, online, and study abroad settings. As a division one water polo athlete, Dr. Rascón received her BSN from Hartwick College in New York and her MS in Nursing Education from Arizona State University. Dr. Rascón has practiced nursing in Jamaica; Mexico; Peru; The Solomon Islands, and locally in a free mobile health clinic in Phoenix. Her clinical nursing experience includes work in oncology, medical-surgical, telemetry, medical ICU and trauma ICU. She has served in a variety of leadership roles at Edson College including Co-director of Edson College’s Veterans Affairs Nursing Academic Partnership, Assistant Director of the Edson College Learning Enterprise, and Director of the Edson Global Health Collaboratory. In 2019, Dr. Rascón completed her PhD at the University of Arizona. Her program of research is centered on understanding and addressing type 2 diabetes disparities in Latino populations with an emphasis on dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions in communities. Her work has applied qualitative methods and quantitative approaches to understand upstream drivers of T2D-related disparities among Latinos.