She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Boston College in 2006 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Nursing Midwifery program in 2007. She has experience working in Haiti with multiple non-governmental organizations (Partners In Health/ Zanmi Lasante, Midwives for Haiti, CRUDEM, and Regis College Haiti Project). Her main area of interest is nursing and midwifery professional development through training and education. Since joining the Boston University School of Medicine faculty in 2009, she has continued to work closely with the Haitian population through the provision of clinical care to Haitian women in Boston. She is currently enrolled in BU School of Public Health as a DrPH candidate. John Durfee, MD