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Veronica Garcia Walker, RN, PhD, CNE (she/her/hers)

Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing
UT at Austin
Austin, Texas, United States

Dr. García Walker’s experience with adults aging with the diagnosis of schizophrenia spans over 20 years. She has dedicated herself to the patient care and patient teaching of adults aging with the diagnosis of schizophrenia as a staff psychiatric nurse as well as when she served as a director of nursing in a psychiatric hospital. Later at The University of Texas at Austin, she tirelessly worked in both her undergraduate and graduate lectures and clinical classes to eradicate or mitigate the stigma commonly associated with this population. For over a decade, she has assisted countless students’ learning of safe, respectful, appropriate communication techniques for communicating with adults aging with the diagnosis of schizophrenia in many major psychiatric facilities. Recently, she investigated the literature and contributed to a conceptual model using the holistic lens of life course theory to study adults aging with the diagnosis of schizophrenia (Walker, 2019). She has also contributed to the literature by writing a paper associated with ethics in the research of adults aging with the diagnosis of schizophrenia (2022). Dr. García Walker has stated the following, “My passion and love for this population cannot be measured as easily but should be taken into account when considering my suitability for research on this important topic.”

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