Program Advisors

Contact a Division or Department Head or a Program Director from the list below to determine your Program Advisor. Then set up an appointment with that advisor to review program requirements, schedule classes, or receive other advising assistance.

Allied Health Division

Dr. Loreto Almonte - Division Head
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1074 lalmonte@fnu.edu

Mr. Mauricio Restrepo AS, CDT - Dental Department Head
Ph: (305) 821-3333 mrestrepo@fnu.edu

Dr. Victor Fernandez, RCS, RVT, RDMS - Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Program Director
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1074 vmfernandez@fnu.edu

Mr. Michael Gubieda, MS, PTA - Physical Therapist Assistant Program Director
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1051 mgubieda@fnu.edu

Mr. Frederick Raia, BS, RT(R), ARRT-  Radiologic Technology Program Director
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext.
1186 fraia@fnu.edu

Mr. Frank Pupo, RRT-BSc, CCT - Respiratory Therapy Program Director
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1121 fpupo@fnu.edu

 

Business Division

Dr. Ernesto Gonzalez, PhD – Division Head
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1070 egonzalez@fnu.edu 

English as a Second Language Division

Mr. Reynaldo Ales, MA - Division Head
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1154 rales@fnu.edu

Ms. Maria Abreira, MS, English as a Second Language Dept. Head for South
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1103 mabreira@fnu.edu

Humanities and Liberal Arts Division

Dr. Nat Hardy, PhD, MFA, FRSA - Humanities and Liberal Arts Division Head
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1221 nhardy@fnu.edu

Dr. Edgard Rivera Morales, MD - Mathematics & Engineering Department Head
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1222 edgardriveram@fnu.edu

Dr. Oderlyn Gutiez, EdD - English & Communications Department Head
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1210 ogutiez@fnu.edu

Ms. Gloria Kitchen, MS - Education Department Head / FNU CARES Director
Ph: (305) 821-3333 gakitchen@fnu.edu 

Nursing Division

Vacant- Nursing Division Head

Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext. 1077 

Dr. Barbara Blanco - Interim MSN Program Director
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1077 bblanco@fnu.edu

Ms. Marie Lalanne, MSN, BSN - BSN Program Director
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1059 or Ph: (305) 226-9999 ext. 1187 mlalanne@fnu.edu 

Vacant - ASN Program Director Training Center
Ph: (305) 231-3326 eayala@fnu.edu  

Dr. Irma Garriga PhD, MSNEd, RN, ONC- ASN Program Director South Campus
Ph: (305) 226-9999 igarriga@fnu.edu 

 

Social and Behavioral Sciences Division

Dr. Yamila Lezcano, Ph.D., LMHC, Social and Behavioral Sciences Division Head
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1024 ylezcano@fnu.edu

Ms. Jacqueline Exceus, MS - Criminal Justice/Paralegal-Legal Dept. Head
Ph: (305) 821-3333 ext: 1058 jexceus@fnu.edu

Vacant - Psychology Department Head

Ph: (305) 821-333 

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