Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, IL where she was recognized as the impetus behind creating a family centered care NICU. She has worked at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and has held faculty positions at the Graduate College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her clinical experience is in the NICU as a staff nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner; however, her specialty is patient- and family-centered care.