Marisa Astiz-Martinez, Ruth Beyene, and Courtney Cohen
June 18, 2026

Clinical instructor and BSN students publish in the National Student Nurse Association's Imprint magazine.
Marisa Astiz-Martinez, MSN, RN, CNE, RYT-200, clinical instructor and student advisor of the University of Maryland Association of Nursing Students (UMANS), along with Ruth Beyene, BSN '24, RN, and Courtney Cohen, BSN '24, RN, UMANS co-presidents for the fall 2024 semester, co-authored "Combining Speed Friending with a Mentor-Mentee Program for Future Nurses."
The article is about a successful UMANS event called "Speed Friending," which aims to build connection among nursing students in different cohorts and promote the UMANS mentor-mentee program. It was published in the April/May 2026 issue of the National Student Nurse Association's Imprint magazine.
Read the full article on pages 36 - 38