earned her PhD from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, in 2007. She has served as faculty at Samford University in Homewood, Alabama, and is currently the Nurse Anesthesia Program administrator at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. received her doctorate from USM in 2015. She served as faculty at Franciscan University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is currently a professor at USM in the Nurse Anesthesia Program. received her doctorate in healthcare administration from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, where she also completed a yearlong fellowship in health policy with the Mississippi legislature. She currently serves as the assistant program administrator at USM.