I have a Bachelor's of Business Administration Degree in Management and Marketing from Baylor University that I received a very long time ago. I also have a Master’s
Degree in Long Term Care and Senior Housing Administration from UNT. After my Masters, I then chose to continue in grad school and pursue my Doctorate Degree in Gerontology also from UNT. This allows me to now have a broader perspective in older adult healthcare issues, policy and practice. I began teaching in 2011 as an adjunct for UNT and have really enjoyed sharing my past work experiences in the healthcare field with undergraduate and graduate students. Currently, I teach both online courses and in the classroom at the Undergraduate and Graduate levels. I enjoy learning new program platforms and process so I have completed certification in Course Building through Quality Matters National Institute and have created or re-created many of our undergraduate and graduate courses. Other teaching certifications here at UNT include Course Design Institute, Teaching Resources Excellence, Core Curriculum Review and Signature Assignment Institute. I am also engaged on boards in our professional organization, Gerontological Society of America (GSA) as well as other regional, community and departmental service responsibilities.

Before my academic career, I was “out in the real world” working in several different aspects of rehabilitation and health care over the last 29 years. I began in teaching hospitals, then to managing physician offices, working Long-Term Care, and then to owning my own rehabilitation clinic for 17 of those years. Those years built my library of experiential learning that I now share with my students.