Pilar’s nursing career began in 1987 after completing Associate’s Nursing program at Queensborough Community College, Queens NY. While gaining experience as a Register Nurse at George Washington University Hospital and The Washington Hospital Center, she returned to school to complete her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Catholic University of America, Washington DC in 1991, followed by her Masters in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 1997 from Marymount University. Born in Spain, bilingual English/Spanish.