I graduated with my BSN from Bradley University in 2006 and started my nursing career working in the trauma/neurological/surgical intensive care unit focusing on the adult population. Critical care is my passion and I continued to advance my nursing career by becoming CCRN certified and obtaining my MSN degree with a concentration in nursing education. I have been in nursing education since 2015 and love working for the University of St. Francis. I enjoy teaching the senior level nursing students and seeing them develop from a nursing student into a nursing professional. I currently teach advanced medical-surgical nursing and simulation during the students last semester. I reside in New Lenox, IL with my husband and two children.