Daniela Garcia

Daniela Garcia is the North Shore LIJ Health System Center for EMS Staten Island Division selection for the AAA Star of Life Award. Daniela started her EMS career in 2007 at Richmond County Ambulance where she earned EMT of the Year in 2012. In 2011, she began her career with the Center for EMS in Staten Island where she quickly showed her commitment and dedication. In 2012, Daniela completed Paramedic school and was on the winning team of the Paramedic Program Simulation Battle. She was also on the multidisciplinary Staten Island University Hospital Simulation Team that came in second place, by the slimmest of margins, in the first North Shore LIJ Regional Sim-War of 2013 Daniela’s partners and colleagues emphatically recommended her for this distinction because of her commitment to her patients and her colleagues. Her future plans are to continue her education to complete her degree in Biology.”