Casa de la Luz Hospice

Agnes C. Poore, a Tucson native, has over 45 years of nursing experience, primarily in management and administration. A graduate of The University of Arizona College of Nursing in 1972, she received her Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in 1991. Her first 17 years in nursing were in the hospital acute care setting. Then from 1990 to 1998, she was the Clinical Director of Home Health for large and regional home care organizations. In 1998, Agnes partnered with Lynette E. Jaramillo to form Casa de la Luz Hospice.

During her career, Agnes has served on the Pima Community College Nursing Advisory Board, the Arizona State Board of Nursing RN Scope of Practice Committee, and the Arizona Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Board of Directors. Recently, Agnes was recognized as Most Inspirational Mentor by the Tucson Nurses Week Foundation.  Previous accolades include Tucson Local Media’s Lifetime Achievement award at the 2018 Women of Influence Awards, Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Hispanic Business Woman of the Year and one of Tucson’s “Fabulous Fifty” Nurses in 1999. Agnes was inducted into the Salpointe Catholic High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in 2009 and received the Professional Achievement Award from the University of Arizona Alumni Association in 2016.

Agnes is a member of Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, the Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Association, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and the National Association of Women Business Owners. She currently serves as a board member for the Pima Council on Aging.