Dana completed her nursing degree at Mesa State College, her Master’s of Science in Nursing at University of Phoenix, and earned her Post-Masters certificate as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Most recently she graduated from Colorado Mesa University with her Doctor’s of Nursing Practice and Family Nurse Practitioner certification.
Dana retired from the state of Colorado after 28 years at Grand Junction Regional Center. She’s worked with people who are intellectually and developmentally disabled for over 30 year as well as functioned in a number of roles including administration, education, wound care, and clinician at different facilities.
Today she continues to work with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury. She loves spending her free time enjoying the outdoors with her family, whether it be on four-wheelers and snow machines or fishing in the mountains. Based in Grand Junction