Kassandra Di Cosola is a first-year fulltime student, enrolled in the MN PHC-NP program at Ryerson University, and has worked as an RN within the Emergency Department at SickKids Hospital for over five years.

Through this experience she has witnessed patients use this acute care setting to address chronic health concerns that would be better managed by a primary care provider (PCP). Currently, there is a shortage of PCPs and Kassandra’s current learning objective is to bridge this gap in access to health care, by completing her master’s and practice as a Primary Healthcare Nurse Practitioner. After graduating, Kassandra’s long term career goal is to be more involved in political action by advocating for more NP job opportunities in Ontario.