Teresa Morris, Director, Advocacy & Government Relations

Kathy Pham, BSN, RN

NOVA member Kathy-Nguyet Pham has taken advocacy to a new level. A nurse for over 13 years, Kathy serves Veterans at the VA Long Beach Health Care System. She also is the Planning Commissioner for the City of Westminster. With her experience as Planning Commissioner, she is now running for the position of Municipal Water District of Orange County. Her experience on the frontline during the Pandemic and BSN/RN have given her the confidence to step up and make a difference.

Kathy is committed to “Using my nursing voice effectively to make sure that we provide the highest quality of water to our communities. I will also continue to advocate, to work hard, and collaborate with other agencies to eliminate waste properly, and safely conserve water.”

Kathy was born in Da Lat City, South Vietnam and immigrated to the United States in 1984 under difficult circumstances. She found a home in California and raised her children while attending college to earn an Associates Degree in Nursing and would later go back for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) in 2014. She has demonstrated her passion for serving her community and Veterans and was deployed to Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria, and more recently to Arizona to serve the Navajo Nation as they fought a COVID-19 outbreak.

Kathy continues to add to her resume. She teaches yoga at Long Beach and has received two Daisy awards and has been nominated several times for the Daisy Extraordinary Nursing of the Year Award. 

As we continue to move through a stressful global health crisis, it is reassuring to have an experienced health care professional and community supporter like Kathy - NOVA is lucky to have her as member!