Providenza Loera Rocco

Providenza Loera Rocco

Enza is an Assistant Professor of Bioethics in the Center for Bioethics, Urban Health, and Policy, at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, where she also serves as the Assistant Director of the MA Urban Bioethics Program. She specializes in urban bioethics and legal and ethical issues in end-of-life care. Enza earned her master's in Social Work and her master's in Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania, and she earned her law degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law.

Enza also teaches at Simmons School of Social Work where she teaches courses in social policy. Additionally, she serves on the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation Board of Directors.

She is the proud mom of Joseph, age 2 and Nicoletta, age 1. She lives with her husband, kids, and two dogs in Philadelphia.