She was board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 1995. She has significant clinical experience in the specialty area of diabetes and began developing her knowledge base in the management of diabetes at UMMC Diabetes and Metabolic Clinic in 2007. She began practicing as a health care provider with Diabetes Care Group in 2011. She received both her Bachelors of Science and her Masters of Science in nursing at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She remains dedicated to health maintenance, disease prevention and patient education.