She began her career in nursing in 1995 when she graduated from Troy University with her BSN. She completed her MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2001 from the same university and was ANCC certified as an FNP. In 2001, she began working in a family practice clinic in rural south Alabama. She began her career in nursing education in 2007 with the BSN nursing program at Troy University. Dr. Jones received her DNP from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2011.