Mary is a Doctor of Nurse Practitioner and nationally certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She is licensed to practice in Arizona and Oklahoma. She received her DNP from Augsburg University in 2020 with a focus on transcultural nursing leadership in providing care to disparaged and indigenous populations. She received her undergraduate baccalaureate, masters of Science, and nurse practitioner training from University of Missouri, Kansas City in 2000. She was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau Society for academic excellence. She gained experience in bone marrow transplant for 15 years and in rheumatology for 7 years recently moving to Oklahoma in 2022 to join OAC. Mary has an interest in combining complimentary exercise routine in the treatment plans of her patients to maintain joint flexibility to reduce related disabilities. She has a pending publication for the IRB approved pilot study results about Restorative Yoga Therapy in Arthritis in the Journal of Holistic Nursing as well as other nursing journal publications.