I gravitated toward the teaching and nursing profession because I am inspired to help people discover their educational and health care goals and then find innovative and individualized ways to meet them. I began my career as a high school science teacher in the USA and also taught overseas in Japan. Later, I obtained my BN and worked as a nurse in Labour & Delivery, Home Care, Health and Community Services, and Long-term Care. After 10 years of working as a nurse, I started my MSN and began working as a nursing instructor. Combining both my careers in education and nursing has been very rewarding. Working in both the education and nursing fields for 20 years now, I still believe there are always areas for growth as we reflect and respond to changes in our community. It is with great gratitude that I come to MRU to assist in supporting our students.

Area of Instruction:

• Family Newborn Health
• Professional Practice
• Gerontological Nursing
• Nursing Leadership
• Basic Skills and Advanced Assessment Lab

Area of scholarship:

• Nursing Education
• Internationally Educated Nurse Integration
• Team-based Learning in Nursing Education

Selected Publications:

• Thesis: Experiences of Nurse Educators of International Nursing Students: An Interpretive Description Study

Selected Presentions:

• Speaker at the 2021 Partners in Integration and Education of Internationally Educated Nurses Conference
• Team-Based learning Presentation at Selkirk College
• Scholarship and Teaching presentation at Selkirk College

Relevant Community Service:

• Youth Basketball Coach volunteer
• Youth soccer team manager volunteer
• Samaritan's Purse volunteer