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Health education through storytelling

A story can start a healthier conversation.

We bring clinical knowledge and creative storytelling together to help people connect with health information—and with the questions that matter to them.

Explore our work Let’s collaborate ↗
Sam Vang speaking at the Growing Health Leaders Conference
Sam Vang · Keynote speaker, Growing Health Leaders
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Featured work

Where the stories meet the community.

Current project · Tule River

Health education with a story at its heart.

Our work with Tule River brings illustrated storybooks into community health conversations. These are the materials behind the work: original characters, familiar questions, and health topics explored through story.

Recently shared at our Tule River Lunch & Learn.

Type 2 diabetes

The Sugar Alchemist

A story about type 2 diabetes and learning to work with your body.

High blood pressure

The Silent Warrior

A story about high blood pressure and taking back control.

Meet the approach

What Is ScrubsAndScrolls?

An introduction to the stories, the visual world, and the purpose behind them.

Original character artwork of Dr. Noteworthy with purple hair, purple scrubs, a white coat, and a stethoscope
Inside the story world

Meet Dr. Noteworthy.

A recurring clinical guide in the ScrubsAndScrolls stories. She helps connect the imaginative world with the everyday questions people bring to healthcare.

“Every healer is a hero in training.”Sam T. Vang · Founder, ScrubsAndScrolls
Jordan speaking with Dr. Noteworthy in an illustrated clinic scene from The Sugar Alchemist
Jordan & Dr. Noteworthy
From The Sugar Alchemist · a conversation about type 2 diabetes.
Alex encountering a hooded character at a bus stop in The Silent Warrior
Alex & the Silent Warrior
From The Silent Warrior · an introduction to high blood pressure.

Created by a clinician. Built around a conversation. The artwork invites readers in; the health topic gives the story its purpose.

Speaking & sharing ideas

Bringing the work into the room.

Audience listening to Sam Vang at Growing Health Leaders
Growing Health Leaders Conference
Keynote speaking, personal experience, and conversations about a future in healthcare.

Fresno State

Thursday Research Exchange
Research presentation · December 2025

Tule River

World Health Day
Guest speaker · April 2026

Portrait of Sam T. Vang, founder of ScrubsAndScrolls
Meet the founder

Sam T. Vang, MSN, FNP-C

Founder & Creative Director, ScrubsAndScrolls

I’m a family nurse practitioner from Visalia, California. I created ScrubsAndScrolls to bring my love of anime-inspired storytelling into the work I care about: helping people understand their health.

Alongside clinical practice, I teach advanced pathophysiology as a professor at Fresno Pacific University and am pursuing my Doctor of Nursing Practice at Fresno State.

Family Nurse PractitionerProfessor · Fresno Pacific UniversityDNP studies · Fresno State

I now work at the clinic where I received care as a child and where my mother worked. Some of the people who cared for my family are now my colleagues. That connection to home is part of why this work matters to me.

Let’s build something meaningful

What could we
create together?

Have a health education project, community event, or classroom idea in mind? I’d love to hear what you’re working on.

helloscrubsandscrolls@gmail.com