Professor Ciance received an R.N. from Worcester City Hospital of Nursing, a B.S.N. and M.S. from Worcester State College, and a D.N.P. from Walden University. Her field of expertise is Urgent Care and Community Health Nursing. Professor Ciance was inducted into the Golden Key International Honour Society from Walden University in 2014. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, the National League for Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau and is the elected Vice President of IOTA Phi Chapter at large. In her leisure time she enjoys camping, hiking, and sewing.