Mrs. Grace Samuel currently serves as the Membership co-chair for AAIN-NJ2 for the term 2021-2022 and has been involved with the organization for the past 5 years.

Mrs. Samuel has been an APN for the past 9 years working with the Visiting Physician Services making house calls to homebound patients. She got her Associates Degree in nursing from Union County College and Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center School of Nursing and received BSN from Thomas Edison State University. She received Masters in Nursing as Family Nurse Practitioner from Felician University.  She has more than 25 years of nursing experience working in the nephrology unit, Telemetry, Critical Care and Express Admissions.  Prior to being a Registered Nurse she worked as an EKG technician while in school for Nursing.

Mrs. Samuel was the recipient of The Spirit of the Heart Award in recognition of her positive spirit, commitment to excellence and compassionate care in 2019 from the Visiting Physician Services. Mrs. Samuel is married and has two children. Her older son is 24 and is on the Autism Spectrum. Her daughter is 19yrs and currently pursuing her Bachelor’s degree from The College of New Jersey majoring in Biology. Mrs. Samuel is very active in her church as she serves as a Sunday school teacher.  She is also the Ladies coordinator for the National Conference to be held in Oklahoma in 2022.