Chigoziri Ojuka, Family and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, and Director of the Whittier Health Center’s Quincy Commons clinic on Blue Hill Avenue, will be presented with the 2019 President’s Award at the Center’s annual meeting on June 27.

The annual award is the result of a peer nomination process and organization-wide vote to select the colleague to be recognized. Ojuka, known as “Chichi,” joined Whittier in 2014. In 2017, she was promoted to Practice Manager/Supervising Nurse Practitioner of Whittier’s new satellite clinic on Blue Hill Ave/Quincy Commons and in 2018 became the center’s director.

“I have known Chichi for almost 10 years,” said Frederica Williams, president and CEO of Whittier Health Center. “Since joining the Whittier team, she has consistently exemplified Whittier’s core values, and demonstrated a deep commitment to our vision and mission and has continued her personal growth which has prepared her for the leadership role she holds today.”

In 2019, Ojuka earned another Master’s degree to become a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from Regis College, which allows her to serve a wider range of patients.

“Since becoming the Director of Whittier’s Quincy Commons, Chichi has launched several successful programs to meet the needs of our patients including a Women’s Health/Family Planning clinic, bi-lingual Diabetes Education Group (Spanish and English), and an Infectious Diseases clinic to serve patients with HIV and Hep C and patients with STDs,” said Williams.

Ojuka earned a BS in Economics from the University of Calabar in Nigeria, where she received the Economics department’s Best Graduating Student Award. Ojuka also holds an Associate in Nursing degree from Mass Bay College (2006), and a BSN from Curry College (2012), where she received the Best Achievement Award from the Nursing department. She was also presented with an achievement award from the Honor Society of Nursing.