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I am Assistant Professor with the Boise State University School of Nursing.  After graduating with a Bachelors of Science degree in nursing, I spent 12 years working with Native American communities in northeastern Arizona and central New Mexico. I completed a dual master’s degree in public health and community health nursing (MPH/MSN) at the University of New Mexico in 2006, and I was awarded a Fellowship with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nursing and Health Policy Collaborative at the University of New Mexico, College of Nursing in 2008. I completed my Ph.D. in nursing with an emphasis in health policy in 2014. I have a strong interest in primary prevention of disease and health promotion, and my research interests include developing community directed health promotion programs to decrease the incidence of chronic disease and improve health equity among underserved populations. I have national certifications in public health nursing (APHN-BC) and public health (CPH).