I have been a nurse since 2011 and have spent my entire career working in long-term care. From the beginning, my focus has been on caring for older adults and ensuring they are treated with dignity, respect, and compassion in what is often their final home, and sometimes the final days of their lives.

Throughout my career, I have served in nearly every major clinical role within a nursing home, including floor nurse, charge nurse, unit manager, MDS nurse, wound nurse, Assistant Director of Nursing, Director of Nursing, and Regional Clinical Nurse. This hands-on experience has shaped how I approach problem-solving, leadership support, and system improvement. I understand how decisions made at the leadership level affect staff on the floor and, most importantly, residents.

For the past three years, I have worked as a consultant. I began consulting in assisted living communities, supporting facilities with directed plans of correction and intermediate conditions, and later transitioned into skilled nursing facility consulting in higher-risk regulatory environments.

I have worked in two Special Focus Facilities in Colorado and supported two facilities operating under mandated temporary management. These experiences strengthened my ability to function in high-pressure situations, support exhausted leadership teams, and help facilities move from reactive crisis management to sustainable clinical systems.

My work is rooted in practicality. I focus on real-world solutions staff can actually use, systems that hold up under survey scrutiny, and approaches that prioritize resident safety while preserving dignity and humanity.