Patricia Cleveland,ARNP
Program Director
Sea Mar Seattle Medical
Patti Cleveland was inspired by Sea Mar’s vision and mission during her undergraduate education at Western Washington University, which led her to pursue nurse practitioner training. She graduated from the family nurse practitioner program at Seattle University in 2008. During graduate school Patti had clinical rotations at Sea Mar in Marysville, and joined the Seattle Medical provider team in February of 2009. Patti was appointed Program Director of Sea Mar’s very first Nurse Practitioner Residency in 2014, created the curriculum and structure of the residency program, and led the program through accreditation with the National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Training Consortium (NNPRFTC) in July 2018.
Patti’s philosophy of care is that every person deserves access to holistic and comprehensive health care, and that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect. She believes in health promotion and the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle to aid in the prevention of chronic diseases.
Patti is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, NNPRFTC and the National Health Service Corps. She serves on the Accreditation Commission for the NNPRFTC, and is one of the leaders of the Northwest Consortium of Advanced Practice and Education (NW CAPE). In her spare time she enjoys playing soccer, outdoor recreation, playing board games, and spending time with her husband and children.
Lindsey Anagnostopoulos, ARNP
Lynnwood Site Director
Sea Mar Everett Medical
Lindsey Anagnostopoulos is a 2015 graduate of Seattle University’s MSN program, and a 2016 graduate of the Sea Mar Nurse Practitioner Residency Program. After residency graduation, she joined the Sea Mar Everett team, where she currently practices comprehensive primary care and leads the colposcopy clinic. Lindsey strives to provide holistic care and focuses on patient education.
In 2017, Lindsey became a residency faculty member, and in 2018, Lindsey joined the program leadership as the Everett Site Director.
Lindsey’s commitment to ARNP training is evident through her roles at Sea Mar and in the community. In addition to her work as Site Director, Lindsey precepts NP students interested in community health. She is also an active member of the Northwest Consortium of Advanced Practice and Education (NW CAPE).
Lindsey has prioritized volunteer work with underserved populations throughout her career. Some of these opportunities include working with seniors in low-income housing and with a team of ophthalmologists at a clinic in Nuevo Progreso, Guatemala.
Rachel Bock, ARNP
Tacoma Site Director
Sea Mar Federal Way Medical
Rachel began her career with Sea Mar in August 2018. She also worked in Baltimore, Maryland after graduating with an MSN and MPH from Johns Hopkins University in 2017. She firmly believes that health care is a human right and is committed to working in community health.
During her training she worked as a nurse at a student-run community nursing center and volunteered at a free clinic for uninsured patients. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, she studied health care disparities in Santiago, Chile under a Fulbright grant. She also worked in patient services at the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation in Chicago, where she provided education to families and became passionate about the importance of engaging patients in their own care through education.
Rachel grew up in California and now lives in Federal Way with her partner, Steve. In her free time, you might find her rock climbing, learning guitar, or herding her two cats around the house.
Bethany Rolfe, ARNP
Seattle Faculty, Seattle Pacific University, per diem Seattle Medical
Bethany Rolfe began practicing at Sea Mar in 2007. Bethany is a professor at Seattle Pacific University, where she teaches in the School of Health Sciences’ graduate school. The classes she teaches include pediatrics, women’s health, health assessment, and culture in health care.
She works on a per-diem basis at the Seattle Medical and White Center clinics, but will be precepting Nurse Practitioner residents regularly in Seattle. Before beginning her practice at Sea Mar, Bethany worked in La Carpio, San Jose, Costa Rica, serving immigrants and the indigenous populations of Costa Rica
Bethany completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing, graduating with honors from Seattle Pacific University. She then earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Washington. She is ANCC board certified. In addition, she is a member of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. She has a deep appreciation for the beauty of the Pacific Northwest and spends her free time with her husband enjoying outdoor activities like hiking, backpacking, kayaking, sailing, and gardening
Rebecca Nebel, ARNP
Seattle Faculty
Sea Mar Kent Medical
Rebecca Nebel graduated with a Master’s degree in nursing from Seattle University in 2013 and is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner through AANP. She began practicing as a provider at Sea Mar’s Kent Medical Clinic in 2014. Rebecca completed her Bachelor’s degree in biology and Spanish language at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. After working in Mexico City as an English teacher and several years as a veterinary technician, she went back to school in nursing. Rebecca especially enjoys working in pediatrics, women’s health, and immigrant and refugee health. Before attending graduate school she volunteered in the pediatric unit at Swedish Medical Center and the neonatal intensive care unit at UW Medical Center.
Rebecca is a native of Seattle, but also has a passion for travel. She has visited various countries in Central and South America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. She has a special appreciation for learning about different cultures and customs, and hopes this will further improve her ability to provide high quality patient care. On her days off, Rebecca enjoys reading, salsa dancing, watching movies, and exploring the outdoors with her husband and 2 children.
Tara Hayes Constant, ARNP
Seattle and Lynnwood Faculty
Sea Mar Burien Medical
Peter Matranga, ARNP
Seattle and Tacoma Faculty
Sea Mar Seattle Medical
Peter graduated from the University of Washington DNP-ARNP program in 2018 and then began providing primary and urgent care at Sea Mar in South Park Seattle. In 2021 he moved to the Tacoma location. He has worked with ARNP residents as a preceptor in South Park and Tacoma. Peter also precepts UW ARNP students for their clinical rotations. Prior to working at Sea Mar, Peter worked as a bedside RN at the Denver Veterans Administration Hospital in the Surgical and Medical ICU, as well as the Seattle Swedish Neurological ICU. He has been able to live and travel abroad in Angola, South Africa, China, Southeast Asia, Italy, Central America, and Mexico, and his appreciation for different cultures and languages is one of the things that made him want to work at Sea Mar in the first place. He enjoys working at Sea Mar because he believes in the community centered holistic approach to health care, and has seen how much positive change our services have made in communities.
Wendy Mironov, ARNP
Seattle, Lynnwood, and Tacoma Faculty
Per diem
Elena Van Gaver, ARNP
Seattle Faculty
Sea Mar Kent Medical
Brooke Powers, ARNP
Seattle and Lynnwood Faculty
Sea Mar Des Moines Medical
Brooke Powers graduated from the University of Washington DNP program in 2016, after which she joined Sea Mar as a NP resident at the Seattle Medical clinic. After completing the residency, she continued employment at Sea Mar at the Des Moines clinic site. Prior to her advanced practice degree, she practiced as a RN, working in a variety of health care settings: pediatric home health, inpatient pediatrics, community health in Bolivia, as well as inpatient adult orthopedic and oncology care.
A native of Montana, Brooke enjoys a variety of outdoor activities, particularly hiking, skiing, and bicycling. Outside of work, she tries to keep up with her husband and three children.
S. Adnan Mustafa, MD
Seattle Faculty
Sea Mar Kent Medical
Growing up as a second-generation Muslim, Indian American in eastern North Carolina, he came to appreciate the intersection of different cultures, and is always looking to gain knowledge and insight from others. After medical school, he obtained an master's degree in public health to better serve patients and understand the social complexities of good health. He believes that true health is multi-faceted and has to be addressed from all angles including those methods beyond the clinic where health is impacted most.
He joined the Kent Medical Clinic as a physician provider in August 2014. He came to Sea Mar after completing a residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He has hosted/precepted over 30 students independent of formal precepting and is dedicated to student learning. Working at Sea Mar has taught him the joy of connecting with patients beyond their medical diagnosis, to meet patients where they are at, and to make sure you have balance in life to continue the work.
In his free time, Adnan enjoys spending time with his wife and children, hiking, traveling, reading, playing basketball, and cooking.
Binisha Shrestha, ARNP
Lynnwood Faculty
Sea Mar Everett Medical
Binisha Shrestha is a 2017 graduate of Gonzaga University's MSN program. Binisha joined Sea Mar clinic in Burien in 2017 as her first job out of Nurse practitioner program. Having been a patient at Sea Mar, Binisha understood the integral role Sea Mar plays in the community and wanted to be part of the team to serve Sea Mar's mission and vision.
Binisha now works at Sea Mar Everett Medical. She is part of the core Lynnwood faculty and may cover occasional Seattle precepting shifts.
Binisha was born and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal. She immigrated to the United States in 2006 as an international Student. She completed her undergraduate degree in nursing from Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota before moving to Seattle Washington in 2010. Being an immigrant herself, Binisha wishes to work for the ethnically diverse population Sea Mar serves. Given her experience as an international student in the US, she relates personally to the challenges and trumps our patients face on their day to day lives. Binisha likes to spend her free time with her two children, two furr babies, cooking for her family and friends.
Gloria Fischer-Herrera, ARNP
Lynnwood Faculty
Sea Mar Monroe Medical
Medical Gloria Fisher-Herrera graduated from Seattle University with her MSN in 2018. Shortly after, she began working as an adult gerontology nurse practitioner at Sea Mar’s Monroe Medical Clinic.
Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner Gloria attended the University of Washington and got her bachelors in Medical Anthropology and Global health. In college, she volunteered both here in Washington and abroad providing preventative care and health screenings to underserved communities. She believes in providing quality compassionate care for patients in all paths of life. Gloria is passionate about fostering an environment that nurtures learning and enjoys being a part of student’s journeys.
Much of Gloria’s inspiration is drawn from her mom who was a nurse in Mexico for many years and emigrated here in search of a brighter future for her family. Family is an integral part of Gloria’s life. When not at work you will find her running after her daughter, spending time with her family, traveling, enjoying the rain, and eating good food.
Emina Bayomy , ARNP
Lynnwood Faculty
Sea Mar Lynnwood Medical
John Okrent, MD
Tacoma Faculty
Sea Mar Tacoma Medical
David Johnson, MD
MAT Curriculum Lead
Marlena Buen
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Eva Lopez
Residency Coordinator
Eva Lopez has been at Sea Mar Community Health Center for 19 years. She knew that she always wanted to be in healthcare and went to medical assistant school at Bryman College in 2002-2003. She did her externship at Sea Mar Community Health Center in April 2003 and hired as a full time medical assistant in May 2003. She became a Medical Assistant Supervisor in 2005 and learned clinic operations, scheduling for back office staff and was also the point person for ordering medical supplies. Eva recently became the Residency Program Coordinator in April 2022 and hoping to excel in this position. Eva is a part of a blended family, she is married with 4 kids. Eva is also a part of her worship team at church, she plays the drums and sings. Some of her favorite things to do are going to the movies, babysitting her nieces and nephews and getting massages.
Maxwell Shaw-Jones
Seattle Medical
Maxwell is a graduate of Yale School of Nursing with an MSN in the Family Nurse Practitioner specialty. He’s had an unconventional path to the medical field, receiving a BA from Middlebury College in Literature, and working as an island caretaker, fiberglass laminator, farmer, outdoor educator, and museum security guard before eventually landing at nursing school.
During his training, Maxwell was a senior clinical team member for the Yale Haven Free clinic which provides primary care services to uninsured community members in New Haven, CT. His second year at Yale, he co-facilitated the long-running US Health Justice elective taught between Yale Nursing and Medical Schools. This course focuses on educating healthcare students about the role they play at the intersections between medicine and structural inequalities. He also worked as an RN at a methadone clinic and withdrawal facility serving the New Haven community, mainly in the medical management of alcohol and opioid use disorders.
Maxwell believes that community health, primary care, and addiction medicine can be impactful tools for social change and is very much looking forward to joining the Sea Mar community.
He is originally from Arlington, Massachusetts and can be found reading poems, surfing, rock climbing, running, or doing some combination of the four in his free time.
Devaswa Bhagawati
Seattle Medical
Devaswa is a 2023 graduate of Seattle University's Doctorate of Nursing Practice program, where she honed her skills and knowledge in the field of nursing. Driven by her commitment to making a positive impact on underserved communities, she was drawn to Sea Mar for its unwavering dedication to its mission and values. She is excited and honored to be a part of Sea Mar's prestigious residency program, where she can further develop her clinical expertise and contribute to the organization's mission of providing quality healthcare to all.
Devaswa's deep-rooted passion lies in promoting health equity and collaborating closely with patients to achieve better health outcomes. Her professional interests span a wide spectrum, including women's health, behavioral health, and chronic disease management. She is eager to apply her knowledge and skills to address the unique healthcare needs of her patients and help them lead healthier lives.
Outside of her professional life, one might find her on the tennis or pickleball courts, but she truly finds joy in spending quality time with her loved ones.
Erica Rayack
Seattle Medical
Erica is a graduate of Yale School of Nursing and Yale School of Public Health. She completed her MSN in the Family Nurse Practitioner specialty and her MPH in the department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. Before becoming an NP, she worked at Planned Parenthood as a medical assistant and registered nurse, and she remains devoted to providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care. As one of the founding members of the Chagas Disease Alliance at Yale (CDAY), she is passionate about global health work that can be done domestically. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Erica was a study coordinator for research tracking SARS-CoV-2 in childcare facilities. At this time, she also volunteered at Yale’s HAVEN Free Clinic, helping to ensure treatment of patients with latent tuberculosis. She has an interest in holistic health care, as well as where infectious disease meets primary care.
During her time as a resident, Erica looks forward to caring for patients of all ages and backgrounds. She aims to foster patient-provider relationships by focusing on each patient’s unique health priorities and medical needs. Outside of work Erica enjoys weekly trivia with friends, traveling, and caring for her many house plants.
Leyate Watties
Tacoma
Leyate is a graduate of Georgetown University’s Family Nurse Practitioner Program. She obtained a Master of Science in Nursing from The University of Texas at Austin. She earned her Master of Public Health from the University of Southern California. She attained her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Epidemiology and Public Health from the University of California at Irvine. Leyate has worked seven years in health care administration, leading teams and projects to improve quality, patient safety, and health delivery outcomes. As a Registered Nurse (RN) she worked both in critical care settings as well as an outpatient clinic. These sites include Children’s Hospital in Colorado Springs - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Perioperative unit, and Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital Neurology outpatient clinic. Leyate is passionate about advocating, empowering, and providing care for vulnerable and underserved communities. In her spare time, she enjoys spending quality time with her spouse and two young daughters. She also enjoys nature walks, singing, and reading.
Liliana Palacios
Tacoma
Liliana is a graduate of the University of Washington's Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Prior to becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner, Liliana worked as a registered nurse at Harborview Medical Center for eight years. Working for the region’s safety net hospital and Level 1 trauma center, she worked closely with the community’s most vulnerable patients and witnessed the many factors that affect health. Her nursing career and experience as a daughter of Salvadoran immigrants drive her interest in health equity and community advocacy. Liliana served as Chapter President of a local Latinx nurses organization with the mission of improving the health of the Latino population and mentorship to Latinx individuals pursuing nursing as a career. Liliana is excited to continue this work as a Family Nurse Practitioner. When outside of the clinic, Liliana enjoys spending time with her loved ones, baking, caring for her houseplants, and yoga.
Jacob Yin
Lynnwood
Jacob completed a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the University of Michigan in 2023. Before starting graduate school, Jacob obtained his BSN from Seattle University in 2019. From his time at Seattle University, his passion for social justice and his desire to serve marginalized communities grew. At the University of Michigan, Jacob learned about the importance of high quality, culturally sensitive care in the primary care setting. His doctoral project was a policy analysis on Michigan Senate Bill 218 which would prevent transgender high school athletes from participating in school sports. The project aimed to assess the potential health outcomes a restrictive policy such as MI SB218 may have on the targeted communities.
Jacob looks forward to deepening his passion and understanding for social justice, advocating for marginalized communities, and providing high quality care to every patient. In his free time, Jacob enjoys going for runs, walks, skiing, bouldering, and reading books with a warm cup of coffee.
Jane Takeda, Chief Resident
Lynnwood
Jane earned her Doctorate in Nursing practice from Oregon Health Sciences University in 2023. As a student, she received the RENEW scholarship for her focus and passion in caring for rural and urban underserved communities. She completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at the University of Oregon before transitioning to nursing, graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Oregon Health Sciences University.
Jane is committed to providing evidence-based healthcare and staying up to date on medical best practice. She is a member of several professional organizations including the American Nurses Association and the International Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau. As a nurse working in rural Southern Oregon, she witnessed how limited access to primary care services impacted the health of her patients. This in addition to time spent volunteering with other medically underserved populations impressed upon her the importance of compassionate, high-quality primary care.
In her free time, Jane enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, climbing, skiing, and foraging. She also enjoys cooking and baking. She loves trying new recipes and styles of cooking from all over the world and is excited for any and all recommendations.
Glenda Mendoza Mendez
Lynnwood
Glenda was born and raised in Mexico. She always wanted to be a nurse, but life took her away from this path by becoming a mom which changed her priorities for a little while. Being a mom has been by far the best part of her life and inspired her to follow her dreams of becoming a nurse. She graduated with her RN in 2014 from Skagit Valley College. While working in the nursing field, she noticed inequality in access to quality healthcare, especially for the Hispanic population which trigger her to advance her career. She thought that she could make a difference by going into a profession that would allow her to provide quality and accessible healthcare for all and especially for underserved populations. She started working as an RN in Sea Mar in 2020. She immediately connected with the values of Sea Mar of providing affordable quality healthcare to underserved populations and diverse communities. She graduated from the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Gonzaga University in May of 2023, and pursuing a residency in Sea Mar Her goal during residency is to learn how to use all the tools within her scope of practice to empower the community to make better health decisions which can lead to achieve better quality of life.
Samira Adan
Tacoma
Samira is first generation graduate of Seattle University's Doctorate of Nursing degree. She is passionate about serving the immigrant and underserved populations. She has realized her passion through Sea Mar commitment in caring for the "community health, providing high quality care to the underserved".
Coming from immigrant refugee background, Samira knows first-hand the difficulty in navigating the health system and is dedicated to improving patient access. She has worked three years as a registered nurse at Valley Medical Center and volunteered with Somali Health Board. Samira provides quarterly presentation about cervical cancer to MAAC (Muslimahs Against Abuse Center). Outside of work, she likes to hike, swim, and attend the mosque on Fridays.
