She first joined the College in 1997 a contract position teaching in the undergraduate Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan and the Post RN Program. In 2007, she was hired into a tenure track position, continuing to teaching the undergraduate program and in the Graduate Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Program. Mary Ellen started her nursing practice as a Diploma RN, returning to school to complete a Post RN BSN, a Master of Nursing, and a PhD in the College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan. She has also completed the Post Master’s Diploma: Advanced Nursing Practice through Athabasca University and is registered with the Saskatchewan Registered Nursing Association as a Registered Nurse - Nurse Practitioner. Mary Ellen currently practices as a RN(NP) with the University of Saskatchewan Student Health Centre on campus.