I hold a PhD from the University of Massachusetts. My research interests include: Environmental Justice; Community Benefit Policy; Air Pollution and Health; Environmental Health; Actualization of Nursing Environmental Ethos; Population Health, Community Engagement, Nursing Philosophy, and Nursing Education.
I am the Aurthur Imperatore Community Fellow for 2023-2024 and a 2023 Trainee with the NIH/NIEHS funded Environmental Health Research Institute for Nurses and Clinician Scientists
My teaching areas include community and population health, global health, health policy, and research methods.