She successfully challenged the American Nurses Credentialing Center national certification exam for Board Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She graduated from Syracuse University with a Master’s Degree of Nursing and in 2003 from SUNY Upstate Medical University’s College of Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Edna has been employed by Elder Medical Services which provides medical care to local nursing homes. In additional to being a member and secretary of the Lake Ontario Nurse Practitioner Chapter, she is a member of the American Nurses Association and the Sigma Theta Tau – Omicron Alpha honor society.