I was born in Australia where I began my nursing career and graduated as a registered nurse, midwife and pediatric nurse. I have since lived more than half my life in Dallas, Texas since being recruited to Baylor University Medical Center in 1971. While working in the Cardiac Surgery unit at I simultaneously trained to become a cardiopulmonary bypass technician for a position with the professor at the University of Athens, Greece from 1973–75. On my return to the United States, I was appointed to Head Nurse in the Neonatal ICU at Massachusetts General Hospital prior to moving to the Medical College of Virginia as a coordinator for the neonatal and pediatric ICUs. My husband’s medical training in cardiac surgery was the primary reason for our many international moves between 1974 and 1984.
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