She is a psychiatric nurse practitioner, certified in both child adolescent and family mental health. She is currently conducting research in the mental health nurse practitioner practicum course on student attitudes on interprofessional education (IPE) before and after a series of assignments engaging student in IPE for patient care, and she has presented preliminary results of her research at national conferences. She received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Oakland University, post-master’s certification in family mental health, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Wayne State.