Selena Gilles, DNP, ANP-BC, CNEcl, FNYAM is Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Dr. Gilles has a DNP from Monmouth University (2014), a MS in Adult Health Nursing from Hunter College, City University of New York, (Cum Laude, 2010) and a BS with a major in Nursing from Long Island University (with honors, 2005). Dr. Gilles is a certified Clinical Nurse Educator and is also certified in Critical Care Nursing. Dr. Gilles has been an Adult Nurse Practitioner for 12 years, specializing in Neurology and Pain Management. She is passionate about the management of acute and chronic pain, as well as opioid overdose prevention. Additionally, she is the Program Director of the Greater NYC Black Nurses Association Opioid Overdose Prevention Program. Dr. Gilles has a passion for strong community advocacy as well as global health, and is currently working with organizations aimed at serving underprivileged and underserved communities in Haiti and Ghana. She has participated in five medical missions. Dr. Gilles is currently a member of eight professional organizations/associations, including serving as Past President and current Treasurer of Meyers’ Sigma Upsilon Chapter and Programming and as Community Service Committee Chair for the Greater NYC Black Nurses Association. Dr. Gilles is currently on the Board of Trustees of CGFNS International. Dr. Gilles is an NLN LEAD Alum (2019) Penn Wharton Nurse Executive Leader Alum (2020). She has received the NBNA Under 40 Award (2019) and Nurse of the Year Award for Community Service (2020). She has also received the Leota P Brown Community Service Award from Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. (2021) and several citations and certificates of recognition for her community work. Dr. Gilles is the recipient of the GNYCBNA Nurse of the Year for Community Service (2021) and the NYU Meyers Humanitarian Award (2021). Dr. Gilles is also a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine (2020).