She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Webster University and her PhD from UMKC. Dr. White-Lewis presents locally, nationally, and internationally on topics such as leadership, laparoscopic surgery, robotics, nursing education, simulation, and equine-assisted therapy. She developed a ground-breaking surgical procedure: Laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy and taught this procedure to physicians and nurses from 14 countries and throughout the United States. Ms. White-Lewis was given the Rising Star of Research Award from Sigma Theta Tau International for her Systematic Review on Equine Therapy Intervention studies and has been chosen as a recipient of the 2016-2017 Jonas Scholarship Award.