Rekaya Vincent Balang is an Associate Professor at Department of Nursing and currently is holding a position as the Deputy Dean (Student Affair & Alumni) at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UNIMAS. He is also a registered nurse with the Malaysian Nursing Board (No: 47514). He obtained his BSc (Hons.) in Nursing from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). He holds a Master of Nursing from University of South Australia and a PhD, focusing on nursing practice and professionalism, from University of Huddersfield, UK. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning from UNIMAS. Rekaya has been working with UNIMAS since 2001. He started his career as a staff nurse in various settings such as Trauma OT and Mental Health. His research interests are nursing practice and issues, professionalism in nursing, nursing education and research, mental health, medical surgical and other pertinent health sciences. He enjoys travelling.