I’ve been a board-certified family nurse practitioner for 27 of the 38 years I’ve been a nurse. I believe in treating all my patients as I would family, with respect and compassion. At Sanitas, a good day at work is when I’ve listened and have done all I can to meet the needs of my patients, It’s a pleasure to speak with my patients in either Spanish or English. I believe I was born to be a nurse—and consider it a vocation rather than a job. I’ve worked as a critical care clinical nurse specialist at Texas Medical Center and received my BS degree in nursing from Houston Baptist University, my MS degree in nursing from the University of Texas Health Science Nursing program, post-graduate Family Nurse Practitioner training at the University of Texas and my Doctorate of Nursing Practice at Frontier Nursing University. In my spare time, I’m studying to learn German because our son lives and works in Germany. Other hobbies I enjoy include reading, gardening, crocheting, and traveling.