MSN/MBA in Health Care Administration University of Phoenix, 2007; BSN, Texas Woman's University, 1992. Presently a research nurse in the GI Medical Oncology Department at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. A Major in the Army Reserve. Her employment background includes clinical and supervisory positions in the emergency department and in home health, and as a research nurse in thoracic, head and neck medical oncology department. OCN certified, member of the Oncology Nursing Society, ACRP, SoCRA, TNA, and the National Society for Health Care Quality.