Mariah A. Taylor

Mariah A. Taylor, MSN, RN, CPNP (born 1 October 1939, in Atlanta, Texas), is the co-founder of the North Portland Nurse Practitioner Community Health Clinic in Portland, Oregon, the first Black-owned community-based nurse practitioner clinic in the country.^[1]

Early life

Taylor was born to Geneva and Isaac Allen into a family of 24 siblings.^[2]

Education

Taylor received her ADN and LPN certification from the Portland Community College Licensed Practical Nurse Program in 1972.^[3] She achieved her Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Southern Oregon State College in Ashland, Oregon in 1977. She earned her Master's Degree in Nursing and certification as a pediatric nurse practitioner from the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver, Colorado in 1979. She received her PhD from Linfield University in McMinnville, Oregon in 1992.^[4]

North Portland Nurse Practitioner Community Health Clinic

In 1982 Taylor opened her well-baby clinic in North Portland, which since inception has served the neediest clients of all kinds in the greater Portland metropolitan area. In 1984, the clinic became a United Way agency. The most common health problems treated at the clinic have been poverty-related, with funding coming from donations and foundations. The clinic has also provided fresh produce, milk and clothes to the community.^[3]^[5]

Community Activities

Despite being on a fixed income herself, Mariah regularly donates food to the homeless communities in Portland. ^[1]

Recognition

Taylor has won Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network Use Your Life award, 2000.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Korslien, Ashley (March 2, 2021). "'Every little bit helps': Portland woman on limited income donates food to homeless - Mariah Taylor, 81, has spent the last 45 years helping others in her community". Portland, Oregon: KGW8. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
^ Taylor, Mariah (1999) The Clinic of Last Resort.
^ ^a ^b Darves, Bonnie (1998) Mariah Taylor: Practitioner of Hope.
^ Taylor, Mariah (1980) The Clinic of Last Resort. She received her PhD in 1992 from Linfield University
^ Taylor, Mariah (1999) The Clinic of Last Resort.
^ Use Your Life at Oprah.com

Darves, Bonnie (1998). "Mariah Taylor: Practitioner of Hope." Portland Community College News, 10/1/98.
Taylor, Mariah A (1999). "The Clinic of Last Resort." Reflections [Published by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing] Vol 25, No 2. Second Quarter 1999. ISSN 0885-8144. pp 24-29.