She has been actively involved in the education of advanced practice nurses since 1995 and is a practicing Family Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care since 1989. In her role as Program Director for the DNP Programs she oversaw the development of DNP and nurse practitioner curriculum at Robert Morris University. In this capacity, she promoted the role of the DNP prepared advanced practice nurse on the national level and has been innovative in developing a state of the art BSN-DNP Program by forming collaborative relationships with healthcare institutions in the areas of direct patient care and quality improvement projects both locally and throughout the United States.