Maria Tamayo, APRN, is board-certified through the America American Nursing Credentialing Center, ANCC. She is certified in advanced cardiovascular life support, ACLS, basic life support, BLS, through the American Heart Association (AHA). At Conviva Care Center Tamiami, she provides compassionate, patient-focused primary care with a commitment to medical excellence. 

Ms. Tamayo completed a family nurse practitioner, FNP, graduate hours residency at Hershman Medical Center in Miami, Florida. She earned a Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner, MSN-FPN, from the College of Nursing and Medical Science at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida, from 2015 to 2017. She also obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from FIU, graduating summa cum laude. 

Ms. Tamayo has co-authored research, including the article, "Shifting attention to the family caregiver: the neglected, vulnerable, at-risk person sitting at the side of your patient and struggling to maintain their own health," published in the Journal of Family Medicine in 2016. Ms. Tamayo believes that being a nurse has allowed her to impact peoples' lives for the better and wouldn't change it for the world. 

The causes she supports include animal welfare, arts and culture, civil rights and social action, education, and the environment. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, the great outdoors, exercising, and animals.