A Dream Fulfilled

When she was 50, Pagliaro earned a post-master’s degree from Marquette and became a geriatric nurse practitioner, at first working for an internal medicine physician and then working with independent living patients at Luther Manor, where she retired. She also was active in many local, state and national nursing associations.

Last year, Pagliaro and her husband Frank moved from Wisconsin to Florida. With their move out of state and the nationwide nursing shortage, they decided the time was right to establish the Elaine and Frank Pagliaro Nursing Scholarship at Alverno. The annual scholarship will support up to 10 nursing students demonstrating financial need each year.

“I’ve always provided some support for Alverno, and we are blessed to live this life. Through this scholarship, we hope to help someone to achieve their degree or make it a little easier for them,” Pagliaro says. “Hopefully they will do that for someone else as well.”