Agnes Varona Oquendo

Agnes Varona Oquendo Author, RN-retired, is a native New Yorker who has worked many years as a nurse in a clinical setting, then as an educator. She describes her most vital life role as mother and now grandmother. As a longtime strong advocate in women's, health and education, it inevitably drew her attention to becoming an avid long distance runner and athlete, loving and learning a humbleness for the sport. But after a cancer diagnosis and hurdling over life's challenges, she rekindled her lost love for writing, leading her to a new life role as an author. Her first published book was Running Against Cancer in 2018 sharing her own personal journey with cancer. Since then she has published My Shorts and Dark Whispers of a Serial Killer in 2019, Nurse Diaries in 2020, Nurse Diaries 2 in 2021, Have You ever in 2024 and Cellular Memories: A Dark Mystery in 2026 as she works on her next project while enjoying her family.