Biographic Profile

After growing up in Kansas City, Missouri, I attended the University of Minnesota where I received my Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN). I then moved to Boston to begin my nursing career first at Beth Israel Hospital and then Massachusetts General Hospital.

In 1972, I was awarded my first Master’s degree (MSN) in Medical-Surgical Nursing from Boston University. In 1979, sensing the need to advance my career further, I was awarded my second MSN from Simmons College, also in Boston, in the area of Adult Primary Care. I successfully sat for Board Certification as an Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in 1980 and have maintained certification ever since.