Ruth Rocklein
rvrocklein@earthlink.net
Ruth
has been an RN since 1997, before that she progressed
from CNA to LVN. She has worked as a Public Health
Nurse and in Home Health. She currently works at the
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center in the Telemetry
unit. She would like to be a mentor because she has
seen many cases where nurses need a little extra help
growing as nurses. Also she did not have a mentor
in the times when she really needed one, earlier in
her career.
Asuncion "Shirley" Wright
bwrgithathome@earthlink.net
Asuncion began her nursing career 13 years ago in
the Philippines. She has worked in a variety of different
positions and areas in nursing from Charge Nurse in
a nursing home, to Supervisor and ADON. She even worked
on the Hospital Licensing Team for the Department
of Health in the Philippines. Currently Asuncion is
working as a Medical Surgical nurse at San Gabriel
Valley Medical Center. She has her BSN from Saint
Anthony's and speaks English, Tagalog and Cebuano.
Her desire to be a mentor comes from her growing up
as the oldest child with 4 siblings and the role that
she played helping to care for them and guide them.
Asuncion is very much looking forward to assisting
her fellow nurses succeed.
Danielle Daniels
Nrseenrs1@yahoo.com
Danielle has been in the nursing profession, where
she began as a Home Health LVN, for 
11
years now. From LVN she progressed to Home Health
RN, Critical Care and the Emergency Department, which
she currently works in at San Gabriel Valley Medical
Center. Danielle has her Bachelor of Science in Nursing
and is a member of CNA. When Danielle was a student
nurse and as a new RN her experience was that other
nurses weren't always so excited about working with
you or showing you the ropes and she vowed that she
would never treat another new nurse that way. She
is participating in the mentor program because she
believes in the difference a mentor can make and Danielle
wants to be a reason that new nurses stick with the
profession.
Elsa McFadden
Elsa has been a nurse for 15 years and specializes
in Pediatrics / OBY-NSY. She has been at San Gabriel
Valley Medical Center for 3 years and works in the
OB-Nursery and the intermediate NICU. Prior to San
Gabriel she worked as a Pediatrics Nurse at Garfield
Medical Center. Elsa has her Bachelor of Science in
Nursing and speaks both English and Tagalog. Elsa
feels that when she came to the United States from
the Philippines she recalls only receiving an orientation
from the hospital she was working at and feeling like
she was left to figure things out on her own. She
feels that it would be nice to have somebody, a mentor,
to help you out and share their experiences, both
good and bad, with and that would help with the nurses
transition at work, and Elsa would like to be one
of these mentors.
Lee "Gloria" Yuehying
Lee has 30 years of nursing experience and for 20
of those years she has worked in the United States.
Currently a Same Day Surgery Nurse at San Gabriel
Valley Medical Center she also has experience on the
Surgical-Medical Floor and the Doctor's office clinic.
She has graduated from nursing college and speaks
4 languages - which are English, Taiwanese, Mandarin,
and Spanish. Lee derives her motivation to mentor
from her own experiences as a new RN in the United
States and how long it took to adjust to all the differences
from one place to the next, so regardless of the 10
years nursing experience Lee found herself in an unfamiliar
environment without anyone to help guide her through
it. She would like to provide that guidance and help
to other new and transitioning RNs.
Marina Bass
mmssab@aol.com
Marina was born and raised in Moscow and moved to
the United States Seventeen years 
ago
and lives in Pasadena with her husband. She has been
a nurse for 8 years and currently works at San Gabriel
Valley Medical Center and specializes in Telemetry,
ICU, Med-Surg, and Orthopedic Nursing. Marina has
her BS in Nursing and speaks Russian, English, and
Armenian fluently. Her motivation is coming from a
desire to play an active role in the nurturing and
developing of a new nurse to help them become the
best care providers and patient nurse advocate. Marina
is an active member of Sigma Theta Tau International,
and CNA, she is also the chair of the Professional
Performance Committee at San Gabriel.
Arleen Geli
apgeli@verizon.net
Arleen has 23 ½ years of experience in Nursing
and specializes in ICU and Emergency Room. Over the
past 23 years Arleen has worked her way through Med/Surg,
ICU, ER, and Interim ED. In this time she has worked
as a staff nurse, Director of Education, and Life
Support instructor. It was through experiences such
as this helped motivate her to become a mentor. Arleen
has always been a Preceptor for new RNs but wanted
a different experience and has been mentoring for
2 years and finds the experience of being a mentor
both rewarding and educational for herself all while
helping to retain new nurses.
Ma Andrea Desales
Godslilangel72@aol.com
Ma Andrea works at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
where she has been a Med-Surg nurse since 2001 and
has been a nurse for a total of 12 years. She graduated
from Emilio Aguinaldo College with her Bachelor of
Science in Nursing and she speaks both English and
Tagalog fluently. When asked what motivated her to
become a mentor Ma Andrea said that she has been precepting
nurses on her unit for years and it always inspires
her to see the grow in knowledge and skills, and she
would like to take that to another level with mentoring.
Febe Carlos
febec@pctechguru.com
Febe is a Telemetry nurse at San Gabriel Valley Medical
Center. She has been a nurse for 13 years and prior
to that was a school teacher. Febe has a Bachelor
of Science in Education, and her AA in Nursing. She
speaks both English and Tagalog fluently and a little
Spanish. Her motivation to be a part of the Mentor
Program comes from her experience and love of teaching
and helping people to develop through sharing ideas
and knowledge. She thinks that this program will provide
an excellent opportunity and double accomplishment
for her since she will be able to utilize her skills
as a teacher and nurse with her mentees.
Carmelita Martinez
Carmelita has been a nurse for 25 years and 23 of
them have been spent working in the Operating Room
at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center. She has a Bachelor
of Science in Nursing and speaks both fluent English
and Tagalog, and is a member of CNOR. She has chose
to become a mentor so that she can share her knowledge
and experience with new and
