She holds an ADN from Florida Community College of Jacksonville, a BSN from Jacksonville University, a MSN from Jacksonville University, and a DNP from Jacksonville University. She received her board certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and is a member of many professional organizations. Her DNP research, focused on the nurse practitioner role transition, was presented at the 2016 Florida Nurses Association’s Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Nursing Conference and published in the Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository.