Meet Ellen Huang
Degrees and Experience
- MSN, (University of Colorado Health Sciences Center)
- BSN, (Baylor University)
Biography and Professional Achievements
From a young age, Ellen felt a deep calling to care for others, spending summers volunteering at local hospitals. This passion led her to pursue a career in nursing--a path she believes was guided by God and where she met her husband, now a practicing nurse anesthetist. During nursing school, Ellen discovered a strong interest in critical care through a course in intensive care nursing, which led her to work in an adult medical-surgical ICU following graduation.
Ellen's passion for nursing continued to grow, inspiring her to pursue a Master's degree in Adult and Critical Care Nursing. After gaining several years of bedside experience, she began teaching clinical rotations and has since served as clinical faculty for multiple nursing programs in the Denver area as well as in Pittsburgh, where she and her husband lived for two and a half years while he completed his Master's degree.
While raising young children, Ellen began teaching at Colorado Christian University as affiliate faculty. During this season, through the support of the community and prayerful discernment, she sensed God's invitation to attend Spiritual Direction School through Sustainable Faith. She now enjoys combining her passion for nursing education with her heart for spiritual formation, intentionally weaving faith into her teaching. CCU has been a meaningful and life-giving place to live out this calling.
Faith and Learning
Ellen is passionate about integrating faith and learning, particularly highlighting the intentional design of the human body as a reflection of God's creativity and purpose. Her teaching emphasizes the importance of loving others as ourselves--an ethic rooted in a healthy understanding of God's character and our identity in Him. While nursing education requires a deep understanding of disease processes, Ellen approaches teaching with a holistic perspective, recognizing that patients are whole persons--body, mind, and spirit. This integrated approach shapes both her instruction and her interactions with students.