Contribution:
First African American graduate from the University of Miami School of Nursing; first to serve as Director of Nursing for the Dade County Department of Public Health and the only African American to have served as Chairman of the Florida State Board of Nursing. From 1980 - 1998, she was President and CEO of the Economic Opportunity Family Health Center, Incorporated; now known as the Jessie Trice Community Health Center, Incorporated.