I am instructing the Nursing Aide I and Nursing Aide II classes as well as the Patient Care Technician class. I was born and raised in Winchester. I am a 2007 John Handley High School graduate. During my Senior year I took my Nursing Assistant class through JHHS and Shenandoah University; it was a dual enrollment course at that time. I attended Lord Fairfax Community College and earned my Associate's Degree in Nursing in May 2012. In 2007, after passing my Nurse Aide Certification exam I worked as a CNA for Valley Health's Winchester Medical Center for seven years; mostly on the Pulmonary Unit, but I also helped to cover the Oncology, Renal, and GI Units as well. After earning my RN license I began working as a Registered Nurse at Winchester Medical Center's Cork Street Rehabilitation Unit in downtown Winchester, VA. I worked there for one year before joining Front Royal Family Practice as a Registered Nurse. I have enjoyed working with, and learning from, people of different backgrounds as well as different degree, license, and certification levels. At Front Royal Family Practice, I helped to develop and train new Certified Medical Assistants, Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses, and had a hand in helping to train Resident Physicians through the Shenandoah Valley Family Practice Residency Program (through Front Royal Family Practice and VCU). The nurses got to utilize phlebotomy skills and use laboratory equipment. In 2009, I did take a course as an Introduction to Teaching and did my Student Teaching placement at John Kerr Elementary School with a first grade class (what is now the Emil and Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center). I taught the Nurse Aide and Patient Care Technician programs at the Emil and Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center from 2021-2023 before returning to nursing for a year. I worked as a Lead Nurse for Shenandoah Valley Maternal Fetal Medicine. I am very excited to be back with students!

I am married to my high school sweetheart and we have a daughter together. Our family also has a dog (a pitbull-husky mix) and a cat. In my free time I enjoy spending time with my family, going hiking, weightlifting, Barre/Pilates, Aerial arts, drawing, and baking. I enjoy learning about healthy nutrition and I try to implement that into my own life and balance it out with an active lifestyle.