She did her graduate work at the University of California, San Francisco. She has authored a manual for pregnancy, and was the lead faculty and coordinator of a Nurse Practitioner program in Oakland, California. She now practices near San Francisco and teaches in local Nurse Practitioner programs. She speaks nationally at professional meetings on topics pertinent to women’s health and has published in professional journals. Patricia lives in Northern California with her husband. On weekends she can usually be found hiking the hills of the bay area.