Linda T. Maldonado PhD, RN, is an assistant professor in the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing at Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA. Her current program of research focuses on the relationship of intergenerational family caregiving with late prenatal care and poor infant outcomes in urban, childbearing Puerto Rican women. Her earlier doctoral work examined midwives and communities of vulnerable childbearing women through the lens of History of Nursing. Dr. Maldonado is committed to mentoring future nurses who appreciate and participate in research on health disparities, and thus she engages undergraduate and graduate nursing students in her research. For more information, contact IFNA member, Linda Maldonado.
