She has over 30 years’ experience in health care, 17 years as a practicing clinical nurse practitioner in a variety of medical settings and has 10 years’ direct care and management of the psychiatric patients. She has experience in both outpatient and inpatient psychiatric settings treating patients with a variety of disorders. She has worked in level three trauma centers providing medication consultation and behavioral management in post-acute rehabilitation. She is ANCC Board Certified and received her Masters from University of California, San Francisco.