A Relationship of Trust: Loma Linda Physicians and the San Manuel Nation
A Relationship of Trust: Loma Linda Physicians and the San Manuel Nation By Whitny Braun de Lobatón, PhD, JD, MPH The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the San Manuel Maternity Maternity Pavilion at Loma Linda University Health was held Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. Photo courtesy Loma Linda University Children’s Health. My Grandpa was a master of reminding […]
Transforming Loss: A Family’s Journey to Redefine Compassionate Care
Transforming Loss: A Family’s Journey to Redefine Compassionate Care By Grace W. Oei ’04, MA In many ways the story of Monica and Jon Cline ’97 is idyllic. After meeting as students at Loma Linda University, they married, moved to Orange County, California, and started a family, eventually having four boys. Their third son, Jordan […]
Anchored by Faith: A Story of Family, Service, and Spiritual Growth
Anchored by Faith: A Story of Family, Service, and Spiritual Growth By Grace W. Oei ’04 Saying goodbye to Michael Mercado ’04 on his first deployment in 2008. Gemma Mercado ’04 remembers raising her eyebrows and looking at her husband, Michael Mercado ’04, at the end of 2011 and asking, “You want to enlist for […]
Japan Lifetime Experience Trip: October 24–November 5, 2025
Japan Lifetime Experience Trip October 24–November 5, 2025 By Sondra Shields ’89 Thirty travelers, LLUSM alumni and friends, attempted to capture the essence of Japan in two weeks, traveling first to Loma Linda’s sister Blue Zone of Okinawa, the “Hawaii of Japan,” then onward to mainland Japan from Hiroshima to Tokyo with stops at Osaka, […]
