Rebecca Montejano

Rebecca Montejano serves as a Nurse Practitioner at the Neurosciences Center of the Imperial Valley in Imperial, California, where her specialty is neurology. She sees 20 to 40 patients daily, focusing on conditions from pain to brain disorders, and emphasizes finding root causes through methods like injections rather than long-term opioids due to the opioid epidemic. Montejano earned two Associate's degrees from Arizona Western College, a Bachelor's degree from Grand Canyon University, and a Master's in Nursing from United States University. She also holds an arrhythmia certification with the American Heart Association for reading EKGs and maintains CPR certification. Prior to becoming an RN, she worked for 15 years in a direct observation unit and later at a prison facility. Montejano attributes her achievements to the values instilled by her family, a supportive network, accepting help, and trusting herself while raising two children as a single mother. She values honesty, accountability, and ensuring actions match words, and advises aspiring nurses to build confidence, listen to intuition, and apply critical thinking.