About Us
DNPCaliforniaEDU.org
When you have lives in your hands, the more experience and expertise you’ve built your nursing career on the better. Becoming an advanced practice nurse in California is a long process of acquiring an exceptional level of both generalist and specialized skills and knowledge, learning how to keep it up-to-date, and learning how to use it to keep your patients healthy and well.
But just getting started in that process is a challenge in itself.
That’s why DNPCaliforniaEDU.org is here. We’re the go-to resource for California’s advanced nursing students aiming for the highest practice-focused training available in the field.
When you need real answers to big questions about career preparation and degree selection, you’ll find them
About Our Contributors and Content Creators
In the same way that healthcare services draw on advanced practice nurses in different roles and specialties, there are a lot of skillsets that go into making a compelling, easy-to-access website about DNP education and licensing in California.
From researchers to web developers to graphic designers to writers, we relied on a diverse team of contributors and content creators to get the job done.
We stake our claim on the resources here being the clearest, most comprehensive, most informative you will find as you start down your path to becoming a DNP here in California.
Our Contributors

Helen Lewis
Helen Lewis is a writer, editor, researcher, and translator whose work has been published in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Germany, and has been translated for publications in France and South Korea. An intrepid traveler, Helen currently divides her time between Berlin, Germany and her native Los Angeles, California.

Jack Levinson
Jack Levinson is a writer born and raised in Los Angeles. He received his bachelor’s degree from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. When not writing, his interests include the arts, cooking, and exploring the California coast.