I began my journey in holistic health care prior many years to her nursing career, serving as a lay midwife and natural healer in her community.

I had been reticent to look to an allopathic medicine career, until delving into the life and times of Florence Nightingale. I discovered that Florence was, by all standards, the mother of holistic nursing care. This discovery ignited my motivation to attain an ADN from Oklahoma City Community College, BSN from Oklahoma Wesleyan University, and an MSN from Oklahoma Baptist University.

My MSN research explored the efficacy of holistic self-care techniques in decreasing the risk of compassion fatigue and burnout in nursing. I attended the International Nurse Coach Association | Integrative Nurse Coach Academy program and obtained my Board Certification from AHNCC as an Integrative Nurse Coach™ in 2018. I also completed the Commonweal Healing Circles certification in 2018.

I have been fortunate to be able to apply numerous holistic nursing modalities in her past nursing roles, psychiatric and hospice nursing, and diabetes education.

I am currently a professor at Kramer School of Nursing, Oklahoma City University, teaching Community Health, Service Learning, Holistic, and International Health/Study Abroad classes.

I conduct regular seminars with staff, faculty, students, and health care communities on burn out/compassion fatigue prevention, managing stress, meditation, therapeutic journaling, and motivational interviewing techniques.

My greatest passions are spending time with my family, her friends, and Arlo, the wonder dog. I am a free spirit and a life-long learner who loves traveling, cooking, hiking, gardening, making art, writing, and music.