Andrya Rivera-Burciaga, DNP, FNP

Andrya R. Rivera-Burciaga is an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and oversees the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. She has over 23 years of clinical experience as a registered nurse and 12 years as a family nurse practitioner; this experience includes clinical practice, nursing administration, and academia. For over eleven years, Dr. Rivera-Burciaga has focused her clinical practice on Hospice and Palliative Care, including creating the first APRN-led inpatient palliative care program and 25-bed freestanding hospice in Hidalgo County, Texas.

She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Baylor University in May 1999. In 2010, she completed her Master of Science in Nursing, focusing on Adult Health. In May 2011, she received her Post Masters Certificate as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of Texas-Pan American. In 2017, she received In 2017, she received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston – School of Nursing. Since graduation, She completed the Duke – Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Fellowship and co-authored a paper, “Educating for Equity in Palliative Care: Implications of the Future of Nursing 2030 Report.” She is pursuing a Ph.D. in Nursing Science at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.

In 2023, she was awarded the esteemed opportunity to join the Cambia Sojourns Scholar Leadership program funded by the Cambia Health Foundation.