She recently earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the University of Maryland. She is nationally recognized, well published and has worked in the areas of radiologic advanced practice, the PREP Center and the ED. She is an Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing. She won the Doctor of Nursing Practice Leadership Award, which is awarded to a DNP student demonstrating outstanding leadership skills in May 2009. She was mentioned in “Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities”, May 2009. She was the winner of the Linda Strangio Editor’s Award for Excellence in writing and contribution to Radiology Nursing for her publication, “Carotid Trauma Bluntly”, published American Journal of Radiology Nursing, which was awarded at the American Interventional Radiology Nurse’s Conference in San Diego, California, March, 2009.