Local long-term caregiver earns scholarship to further her career Miami's Community News
Leocadia Vargas (right) receives her scholarship. Florida Health Care Association (FHCA) recently awarded $3,750 in scholarships to help six front-...
Leocadia Vargas (right) receives her scholarship. Florida Health Care Association (FHCA) recently awarded $3,750 in scholarships to help six front-line caregivers — including one form Miami — achieve their goal of becoming nurses. Each recipient earned an FHCA Bruce Taylor Scholarship Award, which assists the best and brightest among direct care staff working in FHCA member nursing centers and assisted living facilities. Among those receiving the FHCA Bruce Taylor Scholarship Award for the fall cycle was Leocadia Vargas, Housekeeping Laundry director at Jackson Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center in Miami.