Denetra Hampton, Founder

Denetra is the founder of For Nurses By Nurses Productions, a media platform that features a philanthropic initiative, digital education workspace, and film production platform, all aimed at amplifying culture and envisioned to inspire equity through the company's groundbreaking work of scientific storytelling.

She is a 22-year Navy Veteran, and a former United States Naval Nurse Corps Officer. Her professional background consists of a Bachelors of Science in Nursing, and a Masters in Health Services Administration.

She has experiences in Medical-Surgical, Orthopedics, Post-Anesthesia, Critical Care, Ambulatory Surgical, Clinic Management, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Emergency Management, Medicare-Medicaid, The Joint Commission Regulations, and Education.

A Lecturer, Denetra has dedicated her efforts to a forward-thinking and diverse thought leadership. After studying diversity abroad, she joined a mission trip to Chile and Argentina, where she engaged in group think tanks with diverse nursing and medical executives and spoke on panels to nursing students at the Universidad Finis Terrae and Hospital San Jose in Santiago, Chile. She was the 2024 Boston Connell School of Nursing Pinnacle Lecturer, where she introduced her groundbreaking work of scientific storytelling.

A Producer of Film, Denetra released her debut mini-documentary, The Black Angels: A Nurse's Story, in 2018. It tells the story of African American nurses who risked their lives to care for tuberculosis patients at Seaview Hospital, Staten Island, New York in the 1920's when white nurses refused, and no cure existed.

In 2020, she followed up with The Year of The Nurse and Midwife: A Film Project, a compelling narrative honoring the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale and intersecting with the life of legendary midwife Maude Callen.

In 2022, she released The Dixie 3: A Story on Civil Rights in Nursing, highlighting a significant civil rights case from Dixie Hospital in Hampton, Va., which violated the rights of three African American nurses, that film was the catalyst for a 2025 historical marker in honor of these women.

In 2024, she released THE FIRST FOUR, which quarries the 1890s and introduces the first four African American nurses to graduate from the Provident Hospital Training School for Nurses in Chicago, IL.

Her latest project, The Iconic Gathering: The Power of Diverse Women, brings together six historical figures, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Peake, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Virginia Alexander for a candid discussion on women-led movements and their impact on pressing issues of today.

A Travel Historian, her research has led her to destinations like The Berkeley Plantation, The Harriet Beecher Stowe House, and The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. Her most cherished journey, which she calls The James Baldwin Experience, included a trip to Paris, France. There, she had lunch at Café de Flore, known as the place where Baldwin spent much of his time writing "Go Tell It On The Mountain." She also visited Baldwin's former apartment at Hotel Verneuil, located at 8 Rue de Verneuil.

Denetra is a member of many historical organizations and museums.

She is an extremely sought after KeyNote Speaker and Lecturer.