Ms. Skroder began her nursing career in her home city of Vancouver, Canada. She graduated from the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing in 1989 and began working as a nurse in Florida shortly thereafter. After many years of working in various South Florida hospitals, she moved to Seattle in 1996 to continue her education in medicine. In 1997, she completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at the University of Washington, Bothell Campus, which was then rated the “#1 School of Nursing” by U.S. News & World Report.