Born in Beaumont, TX in August of 1954 and presently resides in Harvey, LA. Graduated from Charlton Pollard High School, Beaumont, TX in May 1972 and moved to Galveston, TX to attend Galveston Community College for an Associate Degree in Nursing. I quit the community college to join the Navy in February 1974. Remained in the Navy Reserves while I attended Howard University College of Nursing earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing May 1981, a Masters of Science in Healthcare Administration in May 2000.

I am a mother of three adult children, two boys and one girl. Although I reside in Harvey, LA I am a member of One Church @ Bethel’s Family in Houston, TX. I was a retired registered nurse for 4 ½ years after practicing for 37 ½ years, but reinstated my license October 2023. I was licensed in the states of Arizona, Nevada, Louisiana, Texas, Washington DC, and the island of Guam which is a United States Territory. Before I became a nurse, I was a Hospital Corpsman in the United States Navy. Throughout my attendance in nursing school, I worked as a nursing assistant at the VA Hospital in Washington DC fulltime while maintaining my obligation to the

Navy Reserves.

My work experience composed of ten different places throughout my career and various nursing positions as:

•  Staff nurse in a Cardiac Surgery step-down unit
•  Hospital Pool Staff RN
•  Home Health
•  Agency Pool Nurse
•  School Nurse
•  Intensive Care Unit Nurse
•  Coronary Care Unit
•  Emergency Room Nurse
•  Interventional Radiology Nurse
•  Pulmonary Procedures Nurse
•  Cardiac Cath Lab Nurse
•  Insurance Claims Nurse Reviewer
•  Quality Assurance Nurse
•  Case Management Nurse
•  Consult Management Nurse
•  Cardiology Clinic Nurse
•  Endoscopy Nurse Manager

Memberships and Volunteer Work:

•  Nehemiah Projects of Acadiana, INC Board Member
•  New Orleans Great 100 Nurses
•  American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
•  Chi Eta Phi Nursing Sorority
•  Federal Women’s Program
•  Colon Cancer Awareness Advocate
•  Community Health fairs
•    RN Student Tutor