She has been teaching in the RN-to-BSN Program since 2007 and became the Program Director in 2014. Her research focus is on exploring the meaning and practice of cultural safety in nursing practice and education. She was the originator of Cultural Safety and Social Justice in Global Society (N455) and has been teaching this course since January 2008. Her interest in cultural safety grew into collaborative research and into the core content of N455 and her doctoral dissertation, completed in 2014 as part of her EdD in Teacher Leadership at WSU.