Mariah A. Taylor
Mariah A. Taylor, MSN, RN, CPNP (born 1 October 1939, in Atlanta, Texas), is the co-founder of the North Portland Nurse Practitioner Community Health Clinic in Portland, Oregon, the first Black-owned community-based nurse practitioner clinic in the country.[1]
Early life
[edit]Taylor was born to Geneva and Isaac Allen into a family of 24 siblings.[2]
Education
[edit]Taylor received her ADN and LPN certification from the Portland Community College Licensed Practical Nurse Program in 1972.[3] She achieved her Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Southern Oregon State College in Ashland, Oregon in 1977. She earned her Master's Degree in Nursing and certification as a pediatric nurse practitioner from the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver, Colorado in 1979. She received her PhD from Linfield University in McMinnville, Oregon in 1992.[4]
North Portland Nurse Practitioner Community Health Clinic
[edit]In 1982 Taylor opened her well-baby clinic in North Portland, which since inception has served the neediest clients of all kinds in the greater Portland metropolitan area. In 1984, the clinic became a United Way agency. The most common health problems treated at the clinic have been poverty-related, with funding coming from donations and foundations. The clinic has also provided fresh produce, milk and clothes to the community.[3][5]
Community Activities
[edit]Despite being on a fixed income herself, Mariah regularly donates food to the homeless communities in Portland. [1]
Recognition
[edit]Taylor has won Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network Use Your Life award, 2000.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Korslien, Ashley (March 2, 2021). "'Every little bit helps': Portland woman on limited income donates food to homeless - Mariah Taylor, 81, has spent the last 45 years helping others in her community". Portland, Oregon: KGW8. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ Taylor, Mariah (1999) The Clinic of Last Resort.
- ^ a b Darves, Bonnie (1998) Mariah Taylor: Practitioner of Hope.
- ^ Taylor, Mariah (1980) The Clinic of Last Resort. She received her PhD in 1992 from Linfield University
- ^ Taylor, Mariah (1999) The Clinic of Last Resort.
- ^ Use Your Life at Oprah.com
- Darves, Bonnie (1998). "Mariah Taylor: Practitioner of Hope." Portland Community College News, 10/1/98.
- Taylor, Mariah A (1999). "The Clinic of Last Resort." Reflections [Published by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing] Vol 25, No 2. Second Quarter 1999. ISSN 0885-8144. pp 24-29.
External links
[edit]- Use Your Life Award Oprah
- She Couldn’t Say No at Covenant News
- Bridging the Gap at The Skanner
- 1983 Photo Historic Images
- Transcript of the interview of Mariah Taylor Around the O, University of Oregon
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