90 Outstanding Yale Nurses Recipient
Class of 1977
A graduate of the first GEPN class at YSN, Anne Hoff, RN, MSN, CPNP, PHN, began her career as a pediatric nurse practitioner at Kaiser Permanente in Richmond, California. Anne served in a number of international volunteer positions, including working in an inpatient pediatric ward in a field hospital at a large Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand and in refugee camp feeding programs in Somalia and Honduras. She was also a clinical instructor in pediatrics for BSN students at Samuel Merritt College of Nursing and trained Southeast Asian refugees to interpret for their peers in medical facilities in San Francisco. Anne has been a public health nurse in the San Francisco Bay area for the past 20 years, advocating on behalf of marginalized individuals and populations. Among her recognitions and accolades are the Berkeley Community Policing Recognition, for contributing to her neighborhood’s recovery from being a high crime area, and the 1997 YSN Distinguished Alumna Award.