She is an Enterostomal Therapist, and an Assistant Professor of Baccalaureate Nursing at Cape Breton University. She worked on Vancouver Island for 20+ years in acute care in community hospitals, residential care, and home and community care programs as a Clinical Nurse Educator and Enterostomal Therapist. She worked in partnership with families from Cowichan Tribes and Shellbeach and Kullet Bay near Ladysmith and Chemainus, BC.