[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 9627-9628]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING FAY G. CARBULLIDO AFTER 40 YEARS OF 
                            SERVICE ON GUAM

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                       HON. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO

                                of guam

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 21, 2016

  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate 
Fay Diana Garrido Carbullido on her retirement after 40 years of 
service as a Registered Nurse on Guam. Fay has diligently served our 
community in almost every arena of nursing, including numerous 
leadership positions with the Guam Department of Education, Guam 
Department of Public Health and Social Services, Guam Memorial 
Hospital, and Naval Hospital Guam.
  Fay was born on January 9, 1953 to Facundo Diego Borja Garrido and 
Florencia Crisostomo Lizama Garrido of Agana Heights. She was drawn to 
the nursing profession by her father, who served in the U.S. Navy, and 
mother, who was a Navy trained nurse. As a teenager, Fay volunteered as 
a Candy Striper at the Guam Memorial Hospital. Upon her graduation from 
the Academy of Our Lady of Guam in 1971, Fay was awarded the Government 
of Guam's Professional Technical Scholarship to study nursing. She 
received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Seattle 
University in 1975.
  She began her career providing direct nursing care in community and 
teaching hospitals. She was employed at the University of California--
Davis Medical Center, where she worked to support her soon to be 
husband, Franklin Philip Carbullido, while he attended law school. Fay 
and Phil were married on August 2, 1976. She is the daughter-in-law of 
Francisco Chaco Carbullido and Maria Salas Castro Carbullido of Chalan 
Pago. They have four children: Brandon, Kristina, Adam, and Steven, and 
their family has been extended by Kristina's marriage to Charles 
Rapadas and their only grandson, Kellan Philip.
  When Philip graduated from law school in 1978, they returned home to 
Guam. She continued as a hospital nurse caring for patients in the 
Emergency Room and Critical Care Unit, Labor & Delivery, and Medical-
Surgical wards at Guam Memorial Hospital. After the birth of her first 
child, Fay decided she needed to work regular hours.
  A majority of her career was as a school health counselor and school 
nurse for the Guam Department of Education, a position she held for 
nearly 18 years from 1979-1984, 1989-1995, and 1997-2003. She cared for 
thousands of students during her assignments at Finegayan Elementary, 
Carbullido Elementary, C.L. Taitano Elementary and Tamuning Elementary 
Schools. As a school nurse, Fay demonstrated a kind and gentle care for 
each student, at times having up to 30 students in her health room. 
Many who have grown still fondly refer to her as Nurse Fay.
  Between her assignments as a school nurse, Fay served in several 
leadership and administrative positions with GDOE and the Guam 
Department of Public Health and Social Services. She was the School 
Health Program Coordinator of the entire education department from 
1984-1989, where she oversaw the comprehensive School Health Program 
for all of Guam's public schools. Under her leadership, she championed 
having a school nurse in every public school and worked collaboratively 
with government agencies and private medical providers on issues 
affecting school-aged children.
  In 1995, she was recruited by a Northern California home care agency 
to establish Guam's first home care nursing service, which provided 
much needed services and care to elderly and homebound patients 
throughout Guam. From 1995-1997, Fay was appointed to several positions 
within DPHSS, including the Community Health Nurse Supervisor then 
Administrator of the Bureau of Family Health and Nursing Services. She 
was Maternal and Child Health Program Director, and Alternate Response 
Activity Coordinator during times of typhoons and the Korean Airlines 
Flight 801 crash. She provided expert advice to department directors 
and senior leadership within the Government of Guam, including the 
Governor of Guam, and worked with local leaders to expand public health 
programs and nursing services in Guam and the Pacific region.
  Fay retired from the Government of Guam in 2003 after 27 years of 
local government service when she was recruited by Naval Hospital Guam 
to be the Patient Safety Manager. She established and coordinated Naval 
Hospital's first Patient Safety Program that resulted in two successful 
accreditation surveys by The Joint Commission. In 2009 she transitioned 
to be the Breast Health Coordinator where she worked with medical 
staff, patients and their families to provide support and education to 
more than 300 women with breast health concerns. She is currently the 
Population Health Nurse who worked closely with medical providers and 
patients to bring Naval Hospital Guam to be among the Top 3 in Navy 
Medicine for several months.
  Throughout her life, Fay has been an active member of our community. 
She is a member of numerous professional associations, and spearheaded 
initiatives to raise awareness of health issues and disease prevention 
on Guam and the Pacific region. She worked with the Government of Guam 
and community partners to establish the Hemophilia Foundation of

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Guam, where she served as a founding member, vice chairwoman and board 
member. She has served as the chair of the Guam Board of Nurse 
Examiners, Guam Interagency Consortium for Individuals with Special 
Needs, and Pediatric Evaluation and Development Services, and she was 
Guam's Delegate to the National Association of School Nurses. She is 
also a former vice chair of the American Red Cross Guam Chapter, 
charter member of Soroptimist International of the Marianas, and member 
of the Guam Memorial Hospital Volunteers Association, among other 
organizations. Fay is also deeply involved in Guam's Catholic Church, 
as a member of the Christian Mothers, Legion of Mary Auxiliary, and 
Catholic Daughters of America.
  Fay has had an exceptional career and has made our island a better 
place. I join our community in commending her for her tireless work to 
advance health issues on the island. On behalf of the people of Guam 
and a grateful nation, I extend my deepest appreciation to Fay 
Carbullido for her 40 years of dedicated service to our island and our 
country. I congratulate her on her retirement and I wish her the best 
as she begins the next chapter of her life. Thank you (Si Yu'os 
Ma'ase), Fay.

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