Sandra Lindsay, DHSc, MS, MBA, RN, CCRN-K, NE-BC, the first American to receive an approved COVID-19 vaccine, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on July 7. President Joseph R. Biden presented the award to Lindsay during a special ceremony held at the White House. Lindsay is the first Jamaican-born Jamaican-American to receive the medal. An ANA-NY member, Lindsay is director of patient care services at Northwell Health in New York. Learn more about Lindsay.