Trinidadian nursing educator Dr. Hazel Mary Sanderson Marcoux, Ed.D., RN, needs nurses to construct robust legacies.
In delivering the featured tackle Sunday, Sept. 14, of the Brooklyn-based Trinidad and Tobago Nurses Affiliation of America, Inc. (TTNAA) 57th Anniversary Gala Luncheon and thirty third Scholarship Grant Award Ceremony at Russo’s on the Bay within the Howard Seaside part of Queens, Dr. Sanderson Marcoux stated she has been giving a lot thought to the subject, “Legacy Constructing.”
“Why am I speaking about legacy constructing?“ she requested rhetorically. “A few yr in the past, somebody requested me what I would really like my legacy to be.
“I am positive that, over time and even not too long ago, somebody requested you a similar factor or you considered it your self,“ she added. “Once I was requested that query and actually didn’t give a solution, however at the moment, as I take a look at the uncertainty of the world, the misinformation that’s crowding the Web, the elimination of historical past, and the growing incivility and disrespect that’s flooding our world, I’ve been giving it a lot thought.
“If I left this world at the moment, what would I like to depart behind?“ Dr. Sanderson Marcoux continued. “Then I learn the phrases of Peter Strople, who stated that legacy constructing isn’t leaving one thing behind for different individuals, however leaving one thing behind in different individuals.“
She informed patrons, “We’re right here at the moment not simply to have an annual luncheon however to know our goal, the place we got here from, and the place, as a company, we should go.”
Dr. Sanderson Marcoux then requested all TTNAA previous presidents to “stand and be acknowledged on your dedication, imaginative and prescient, and continued help.
“Thanks all on your arduous work in persevering with the core worth of the affiliation – that of neighborhood service, not solely right here within the US however in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean,“ she stated.
“So, guests at the moment perceive your presence right here, supporting neighborhood service, schooling, and nursing apply as we proceed to nurture the subsequent technology of nurses by mentoring and scholarship,“ Dr. Sanderson Marcoux added.
“To the present president (Dr. Cynthia Sterling-Fox, RN) be acknowledged and president-elect (Pamela Charles, RN), please stand and be acknowledged additionally,“ she continued. “We help you in your efforts to maintain the mission and imaginative and prescient of the group forging forward.”
In quoting Maya Angelou and William James, Dr. Sanderson Marcoux stated, “If you happen to’re going to stay, go away behind a legacy. Make an impression on the world that may by no means be erased.“
(William James) “The best goal of life is to stay it for one thing that may last more than you.”
In 1975, Dr. Sanderson Marcoux stated she migrated from Trinidad and Tobago and launched into an academic journey over 12 years.
Throughout these years, she stated she obtained a BS in Nursing from Lengthy Island College, a Grasp’s in Nursing Training, and a Doctorate of Training (larger schooling), each from Academics Faculty, Columbia College.
She stated her nursing profession took her from being a employees nurse and assistant head nurse at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn to normal pediatrics/pediatric intensive care nursing and pediatric burn care.
After receiving her Grasp’s in Nursing, she transitioned to nursing schooling at Lengthy Island College, the place she spent about 30 years, progressing from nursing teacher to affiliate dean and tenured school member.
Throughout that point, Dr. Sanderson Marcoux stated she “transitioned“ her nursing care to that of medically fragile infants and youngsters with particular wants, working per diem with these youngsters of their dwelling environments.
At Lengthy Island College, she stated she taught throughout each the undergraduate and graduate nursing schooling curricula and notably loved classroom interactions. She additionally loved serving to college students uncover and develop a way of inquiry whereas forging structured studying habits, which she coined “rewiring the pondering course of.“
Dr. Sanderson Marcoux stated he was a co-investigator on an HRSA grant that offered alternatives for Hispanic college students to finish the pains of the nursing program- from classroom to NCLEX and past.
After taking early retirement in 2016, she stated she spent the subsequent three years at Medgar Evers Faculty, embarking on a two-year plan for the school to obtain full accreditation of the nursing program. This plan was efficiently accomplished and obtained in 2019.
Although retired from full-time actions, Dr. Sanderson Marcoux stated she continues to work per diem at her “dream job for kids with particular wants.“
As well as, Dr. Sanderson Marcoux stated she works with organizations targeted on selling alternatives for underrepresented and deprived youth and younger adults regarding well being care, schooling, and workforce wants.
She stated her newest achievement and a “life-long dream“ had been realized in June 2025 when she revealed a collection of six youngsters’s books beneath the pen title Mary Marcoux, persevering with to champion her ardour — “youngsters with particular wants.”
