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Seena is a pediatric nurse practitioner who works in private practice in Manhattan, providing primary care for a diverse population from infancy through adolescence.
Seena received a B.A. in history from the University of Michigan. Upon graduation she moved to New York City to do a post-baccalaureate pre-medical program at Columbia. After that she filled an emergency vacancy position in a New York City public school as a first grade teacher. While working full time, she took graduate courses in education, and then combined her interests in medicine with her experience in education and pursued a career in advanced practice nursing.
She received her masters of science in nursing from Yale University where she specialized in primary care and school health. Her thesis work examined life stressors of adolescent mothers and their impact on perceived parental competence
She also taught a parenting class for pregnant and parenting high school students. She served as a healthcare consultant for a large day care center, and wrote two papers for the Healthy Child Care Connecticut committee that compared National health and safety recommendations for daycare centers with the Connecticut regulations for daycare centers and group daycare homes. Currently, she serves on the advisory committee for Lainie's Angels - a foundation, which supports families of children with cancer and blood disorders. Throughout her career, Seena has advocated for children and worked passionately to meet their healthcare needs.
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