Devon Cobos Garcia was born in 1987 in Neptune Beach, Florida, United States of America and

now resides in Stonington, Connecticut. She obtained her first Bachelor of Science degree from

the University of North Florida with a major in Psychology. She also earned her Master of

Science in Psychology degree with a track in Mental Health Counseling from Florida

International University.

After working for a few years as a mental health counselor, cognitive rehabilitation therapist, and

psychometrist, she still felt something was missing from herself and her career. In 2016, she

decided to pursue Nursing and conferred her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from her

alma mater - the University of North Florida. For the past six years, she has been working as a

bedside nurse - five of those years have been spent in her nursing specialty of Perianesthesia

Nursing, and she is currently a traveling perianesthesia nurse. 

Since August 2021, she has been working diligently towards her PhD in Nursing from the

University of Arizona and is scheduled to begin her dissertation journey in January 2025. Her

scholarship is focused on the enduring well-being of nurses by encouraging self-knowledge

experiences (i.e., self-transcendence, emotional intelligence) through integrative health modalities and

counseling techniques. Ultimately, she intends to show the importance of implementing

these practices in education systems and healthcare organizations for the betterment of

practitioners, patients, and communities. 

Having always been a lover of reading and writing (though not always equipped with the time to

do it for pleasure as much as she'd like), she has recently become acquainted with Medical

Writing and Editing and is excited for the opportunities her PhD will bring her in this field. She

is an avid and experienced traveler, trains for half marathons and marathons, practices hot

yoga, loves her orange tabby [Cheeto], and enjoys experiencing new coffee shops, wineries,

breweries, bookstores, hikes, and trails with her husband.

Her main specialty areas are:

 Nursing Science and Research

 Nursing Philosophy, Theory, and Psychology

 Integrative Health, Nursing, and Medicine

 Perianesthesia Nursing

Her other interest areas are:

 Psychoneuroimmunology

 Contemplative Neuroscience