Rosanna Hess

Rosanna Hess grew up a farm girl in Pennsylvania. She is married to Nelson. She has a Bachelor’s of Nursing from Columbia University, NYC and Masters in Intercultural Studies Missiology from Wheaton Graduate School. Rosanna served as a missionary nurse educator with the Christian & Missionary Alliance in Gabon Africa from 1980-1998. There Rosanna served at the Bongolo Hospital and later led the Primary Health Care ministry using Community Health Evangelism. Since completing a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree at Case Western Reserve University in 2002, she has taught nursing research in the School of Nursing at Malone University, Canton, OH. She led the non-profit organization, Research For Health Inc., 2005-2018 and has been a part of numerous US and international research studies. Rosanna and Nelson live in Cuyahoga Falls, OH and Lehigh Acres, FL. They enjoy golf and biking.