Linda Paradiso is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at CUNY School of Professional Studies where she teaches nursing leadership and coordinates the graduate Nursing Organizational Leadership Program. She is a proud three-time CUNY graduate (CSI ’82, ‘85 and Hunter ’89). She is a psychiatric nurse practitioner and board-certified nurse executive. She volunteers as a member of the Vibrant Emotional Health Disaster and Crisis Response Advisory Committee and the NY State Chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. Prior to joining the CUNY faculty in 2015, she worked as Director of Psychiatric Nursing at several NYC hospitals.