Taynara Goncalves

Taynara Goncalves is a 2022 Vision Fellow who will pursue a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree through the UMass’s Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, beginning in fall 2024. Born in Mantena, Brazil, Taynara and her family moved to the U.S. when Taynara was three to seek more opportunities. As a foreigner, Taynara often experienced unequal treatment in a healthcare setting. This sparked her desire to become a healthcare provider. Her hope is to ensure that all patients, regardless of their ethnicity, race, or social class, are treated with the same respect and are able to obtain proper, equitable health care. Taynara has been a medical assistant and health coach with Island Health Care since November 2020. She graduated from Gordon College in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology, pre-medicine concentration. She is a 2016 graduate of MVRHS.