She attends prenatal visits at The Midwives Clinic on a per diem basis. She has been a midwife since 1981, and has worked with this midwifery service since 1998. She received an undergraduate liberal arts degree from New College, Sarasota, Florida in l972. She earned her Bachelor's in nursing from Florida State University in l976 and her Master's in nursing from Emory University in l980.