I earned my baccalaureate in nursing from the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN. I earned my MSN and PhD from the University of Phoenix online campus. I have been an RN for nearly 40 years and have a wide range of direct care experience. I have worked in small rural hospitals to large teaching hospitals as float pool, trauma, step-down trauma, ortho, neuro, and general med/surg. I have also served in administration for several years. For the past 14 years I have dedicated my career to helping educate the new generation of nurses. I am passionate about my students and their success. Tutoring allows me to get to know my students and their particular needs. Not everyone learns best in a classroom setting. I love tutoring a wide-range of topics, although my favorites are anatomy/physiology, fundamentals of nursing, medication math, pharmacology, and med/surg (which includes studying ABGs and labs). When not in my professional role, I enjoy reading and spending time with my family.

In my free-time I enjoy reading, especially books on history, biographies, and building my faith. I am a published author and am working on a book and a new article. I love watching football at all levels, my favorite NFL team is the Minnesota Vikings, for college they are the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Arizona State University Sun Devils. I make greeting cards and do scrapbooking. I love to spend time with my family and our 2 rescue Huskies and 2 rescue kitties.