I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh’s PC-PNP program with an MSN in 2000 and quickly joined the local NAPNAP chapter. I became a national member shortly after and have been actively involved ever since. NAPNAP has been my professional home for my entire pediatric career, whether in a specialty outpatient GI practice or acute/critical care. I completed my DNP at Robert Morris University in 2009 and certification as an AC-PNP in 2011. I relocated to AZ from PA, and one of my first goals was to connect with the local NAPNAP chapter. I have remained actively involved by holding many chapter positions for the Three Rivers and Arizona chapters of NAPNAP. I have a history of active committee engagement as the secretary of the Acute Care SIG and a member of the Nominations Committee, Conference Planning Committee, and Membership Committee. I have other volunteer activities, including the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board as an Acute Care Updates Committee member. I have served on the Acute Care JTA Task Force. I am an active member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the Association of Faculties of PNPs, the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, and Sigma Theta Tau. Although I have maintained a clinical practice, my focus has shifted primarily to academia in the past few years. I developed the AC-PNP program at the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University in 2018 and serve as the program director/specialty coordinator, currently leading our fifth cohort of doctoral students. In July 2021, I was appointed as the associate director of the DNP Program. I have enjoyed working with family, adult-gerontology, women's health, emergency, psych mental health, and the primary care PNP specialty tracks. I have led many collaborations, including shared case-study content, OSCE development, and shared minor office procedures/suturing activities. I have diverse speaking experience, including local, regional, national, and international presentations on various GI, acute, and critical care topics of interest to interprofessional audiences. My presentations have ranged from intensive workshops focused on common GI disorders to critical care speed sessions on electrolyte derangement. Although presented in the United States, I was honored to give presentations to international transplant audiences on preventing central line infections and antibiotic stewardship. My educational background, clinical expertise, leadership ability, communication skills, and commitment to NAPNAP make me the ideal candidate for the member-at-large position. I am motivated to bring my energy to the NAPNAP board and work to move our organization forward through the engagement of our local members, the retention of our national members, and the expansion to our international colleagues.