Lígia Jordão

Lígia Jordão

Lígia Jordão is a BSN, RN and holds an MBA. Currently, she is a pediatric and adult congenital heart disease electrophysiology (EP) nurse, specializing in implantable cardiac devices (pacemakers, defibrillators, monitors), at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Born and raised in Portugal, she began working as a baker when only 11 years old and knew by age 12 she wanted to become a nurse. Upon moving to the United States, she began pursuing her dream through her college classes, supporting herself through full-time work at her family’s bakery. She later received a small grant to complete her BSN at Liberty University. After a few years of working in adult cardiology, with a summer in camp nursing and 6 months on a medical mission in Honduras in between, she finally achieved her ultimate goal of working in pediatric care. That came with the job in the cardiac ICU at Boston Children’s. Two years of service there has led her to a now more than two-decade EP career, with the last decade at Johns Hopkins. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, spending time in nature and with her family, gardening, and learning about how to do a myriad of things, especially those where she can use her creativity.