Maria Koen F.N.P., C.D.E.

Nurse Practitioner and Certified Diabetes Educator

Maria Koen, F.N.P., C.D.E. is a bilingual Nurse Practitioner who has been working with the Joslin Diabetes Latino Clinic since 2002. She graduated from Boston College School of Nursing and earned her Master’s degree in nursing from Regis College.

As an undergraduate, Maria spent time in Spain studying Spanish culture and language at Universidad Autónoma in Madrid. Her interest in serving the Latino population developed from growing up in a bicultural home and spending time visiting family in Lima, Peru.

Maria currently manages patients with diabetes both in the clinic as well as in the hospital setting. Her clinical interest areas include management of diabetes in the hospitalized patient, culturally competent care and patient education.