I hold dual certification as a Family and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (FNP, PMHNP) with 25+ years of experience in a wide range of professional NP roles (clinical, management, educator). Graduating from Georgetown University with a BSN, I practiced as an RN and 10 years later completed a masters at the University of New Mexico leading to FNP certification. After decades of involvement in health promotion activities that have dovetailed with my career, the mental health challenges that I observed while working on the front lines of the pandemic inspired me to complete the second masters degree.
I regard my career as more of a calling than a job. My passion and privilege is the offering of a compassionate, evidence-based and holistic perspective. My goal is to promote patient involvement in and understanding of their plan of care and to support my patients in their healing journey toward a purposeful life.
After growing up in Washington, D.C., I moved to Santa Fe, NM to complete certification in massage therapy and teach yoga. I am delighted to have decades calling Colorado home. I live in Boulder and love activities in Nature-all seasons and ecosystems, world wide travel and philanthropic opportunities, music as well as studying yoga and tai chi for more than 30 years.