Dr. Jonathan V. Llamas is a board-certified nurse leader, psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, motivational speaker, and freelance writer from Los Angeles, CA. He received his BSN degree from West Coast University North Hollywood in 2013 and recently completed his DNP degree from Loma Linda University in 2019. He currently serves as the Chapter President for West Coast University and also functions as a contributing writer for Minority Nurse Magazine (Springer Publishing Company) and NP Student Magazine. In addition to this, he also works as an acute psychiatric registered nurse at Kaiser Permanente - Los Angeles with previous inpatient experience in both the ER and ICU settings. His passions include promoting mental health awareness and inspiring the future generation of nurses through his #AspireToInspire campaign.