She is bilingual (English-Spanish) and works clinically with immigrant communities. She is experienced in provider training in the areas of oral health, health literacy, environmental health, group medical appointments, rural health, and team based care. Wessel is the course architect of the FNP course NURO-710 Care of the Family in Crisis and represents the School of Nursing & Health Studies on several inter-professional education efforts at Georgetown. She is a consultant to the Mid-Atlantic Center on Children’s Health and the Environment External link , a CDC-funded pediatric environmental health specialty unit at Georgetown. Wessel is also a group leader for Georgetown’s first-year medical student service learning program and is a member of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments.