She received her master's degree in nursing with national certification as a nurse practitioner from Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. and her doctorate in nursing science from Rush University, Chicago, IL. Judy is presently co-coordinator of the graduate Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. She works one day a week at the Provo office of Health Clinics of Utah. Judy says that her clinic day at Health Clinics of Utah is her favorite day of the week because she enjoys working with the patients. In addition to her professional life, she is married with four grown children and the grandmother to seven.