Letizia Morales

Letizia Morales is the Department Chair of Nursing, Allied Health, and Human Services at CT State Housatonic in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She began her tenure at CT State in 2014 as the program coordinator for medical assisting, creating the program on campus, and advanced to department chair when the department was formed approximately four years later. Her professional expertise centers on education, specifically medical assisting education, and she maintains a full professor position with teaching responsibilities alongside administrative duties such as budgeting, scheduling, and program development. Morales holds a medical assisting certification from a technical school, an associate's degree in general studies from Gateway Community College, a bachelor's degree in biology from Southern Connecticut State University, a master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Bridgeport, and is pursuing a doctorate in education leadership at Southern Connecticut State University. She belongs to the AAMA and identifies key values including communication, honesty, staying true to oneself, remembering one's roots, humility, and kindness. She attributes her success to her children, especially her daughters, and encourages young women to persist because the victory ahead is worth the battle behind. In her field, she notes challenges around funding for education programs and addressing inequalities in resource access at an inner-city diverse college.