She received her BSN at Molloy College, her MSN at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and her Certificate in Midwifery at Columbia University. While working as a staff midwife at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx she became interested in abortion care. Presently, a Lead Clinician at Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette in Portland Oregon, Ms. Hayden was trained in medication abortions in 2003 and has been providing aspiration abortions since 2007. She has trained OHSU OB/GYN and Family Medicine Residents and is currently training her fellow Advanced Practice Clinicians in aspiration abortions.