Hi, my name is Jana Pabiona, and I am a Filipino first-gen immigrant. and I also am a Certified Nursing Assistant educated by Sisucare and trained at Height Street Skilled Care facility. I am a senior who will be attending the University of California, Irvine to study public health. I plan to complete an ABSN program after my undergraduate degree and become either a public health nurse or a pediatric RN. I am co-president of the art club at Stockdale High School Outside of school, I work as a freelance artist and volunteer with Bakersfield Memorial Hospital at Dignity Health I want to be someone patients can trust and feel safe with, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds. In the future, I hope to advocate for patients and improve access to equitable healthcare in my community.

• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Clinical Training

  Hospital & Health Care · Height Street Care Center Skilled Nursing Home

  Jan 2025 – Jan 2025

• Advocacy
• Politics
• Volunteering
• Philanthropy
• Entrepreneurship

• Via Arte Stockdale Team

  Bakersfield Museum of Arts · Visual Arts

  2024 – 2025

  Productions:

  Won "Best Technique" 2024 & 2025, Won "People's Choice" 2025

• Freelance Artist

  Self Employed · Graphic Art

  2022 – Present

• Lead a pajama drive at Stockdale High through my art club leadership, directly helped keep children at the hospital warm in the winter.

  Volunteering · Pajama Drive - Art Club

  2025 – 2026

  Mission:

  Give to the Pediatric Unit and Pediatric ICU Unit at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

• Junior Volunteer - Passed out activities to patients, such as word puzzles, card games, and coloring pages, improving comfort and morale.

  Volunteering · Dignity Health - Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

  2025 – Present

  Mission:

  Dignity Health's "humankindness" values