2026 Scholarship and Awards Breakfast

Our 2026 scholarship recipients. Left to right: Morgan McLoughlin, Sheilla Mbaisi, Maureen Langston, Natasha Vederoff, Monika Reynolds, Obed Meyers, and Caleb Tadesse.
Not present: Amy Lamson and Sarah Warren.

Event photos courtesy of Angela Kokinakos, our volunteer photographer.

Third Annual
Scholarship and Awards Breakfast
On October 10, 2026

This event, co-hosted by the Lois Price Spratlen Foundation and the Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, was a celebration of the next generation of psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners.

In addition to our scholars and their friends and families, attendees included psychiatric nurse practitioners ranging from new practitioners with less than 5 years of practice to veteran providers who have been in the profession for more than 20 years.

“There was so much caring and heartfelt connection that radiated throughout.”

“The Lois Price Spratlen Foundation ensures continued diversity of our professional practice for those most in need of behavioral health care.”

Whether in community mental health, private practice, or academia, our past scholars are becoming leaders in the profession.

They are also committed to improving equitable mental health care access for underserved communities.

Past scholars have:

Created a community health program to reassess and revitalize treatment plans to help patients who have struggled for years on ineffective medication regimens to regain their quality of life.
Worked for a nonprofit that promotes social justice and the well-being and empowerment of Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and other under-served communities.
Co-founded a nonprofit organization to find funds to support a recovery center serving rural communities in central Washington.

Please consider making a gift to the Lois Price Spratlen Foundation to empower the next generation of dynamic, courageous, and inspired nurse leaders.

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Many thanks to our sponsors!

AAPPN is Washington’s professional home for advanced practice psychiatric nurses, providing advocacy, education, connection, and resilience for more than 360 members.