Aileen Wood-Meszaros, PMED, BSN, RN

My teaching style is grounded in having positive and supportive relationships with my students. 

The highlights of my career have been the many deeply moving moments I have had with my students and patients. Moments where we have laughed until we cried or cried until we laughed. Those are the memories I cherish in my career.

I have also had the privilege of taking nursing students to New Zealand to practice in a field school. This was an amazing and expansive learning experience for us all.

I grew up in a small mining town, Faro, Yukon. When I was a teen, I lived in Calgary Alberta, and I decided I wanted to travel. I hitchhiked to British Columbia, California, and Mexico. I met the most fascinating people living the most interesting lives and I was inspired to live a life less ordinary.

A passion that I would follow anywhere is the pursuit of one’s dreams. In my case this would be the ultimate freedom of choosing my own adventures.