She has been in nursing for 24 years with the past 14 years serving cancer patients at the Cancer Center as an employee of the New Mexico Cancer Center (NMCC) out of Albuquerque, NM. As part of the transition of care to the University of New Mexico (UNM) Comprehensive Cancer Center, all of the employees that were with NMCC were offered positions with GRMC. Mrs. Carter chose to stay with Gila Regional.