She is currently the Co-Director of the BS Nursing program at Texas Woman’s University, Houston campus. She has presented on a variety of pediatric topics including minor pediatric illnesses, growth and development and ADHD. Most recently her focus has been on simulation as a learning modality. She has been on the research team of a THECB grant for a simulated hospital environment and is working with a pediatric hospital utilizing nursing students for Neonatal Nurse Practitioner competency evaluation. She was lead faculty in the development of a pediatric ER simulation which will be presented this summer at Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Congress in Dublin, Ireland.