She heads up Hope's Health Ministry Team. Her interest in parish nursing began in the 1980’s at St. Joseph’s Hospital where she enrolled in 2 semester classes for the “Spiritual Care of the Terminally Ill” and “Spiritual Care of the Chronically Ill” specifically for parish nurses. Biblical education was ongoing through Bible Study Fellowship for 8 years as well as through the LCMS, including an in-depth study of St. Luke’s gospel.