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I am a second generation nurse educator, and can't remember ever wanting to be anything else. I have spent most of my career working with pre-licensure ´ºÓêÖ±²¥s, and considering how to best prepare them for the important work of nursing. I am always looking for better ways to nurse, and to educate. I don't think we have designed the perfect nursing education system yet, and I am very interested in exploring innovative models that help ´ºÓêÖ±²¥s find their passion in nursing, and develop the skills needed to pursue it.My clinical background is in community health and gerontologic nursing, and I am a certified gerontologic nurse practitioner. I was the project director on two HRSA-funded projects that provided undergraduate nursing ´ºÓêÖ±²¥s with education and clinical experience in community-based primary care nursing. Our project team worked with senior nursing ´ºÓêÖ±²¥s and nurses in primary care settings to advance a patient-centered model of care that maximized the knowledge and skills of nurses.