A little bit about me.
I am a public health nurse.
I have a PhD in Public Health.
And my undergrad and master's degree were both in nursing.
I have been an academic for a very long time
as well as a researcher.
I retired from full academic life in May, 2020,
and my teaching over the past decade has mostly been online
and focused on health promotion, global health,
and cultural competency.
I've also taken students on study abroad courses
to Bangladesh, six years.
That ended and then I ended up taking students
to Belize for five years
as well as the Netherlands for another five years
for courses such as Public Health Nursing,
Cultural Healthcare, and Healthcare Systems.
While I wanted to continue to take students on study abroad,
COVID-19 pandemic made that kind of impossible.
We were actually in the Netherlands with students
in beginning of March, 2020, and we were summoned home
and that was quite an interesting experience.
And then we made the decision
that we were done with study abroad
and there wouldn't be anymore in our future.
We have lived in Canada, Australia,
South Korea, and the Netherlands.
We spent six months traveling through Southeast Asia
and we have visited many European countries
as well as a two week visit to Haiti.
Needless to say, a global perspective
does come quite naturally.
I am a Canadian Australian who was born in the Netherlands
and have been in Vermont since 2000.
My husband and I have been married for about 48 years now,
and we love to play golf.
Summers in Vermont and winters in Arizona.
And spend time with family, friends,
and just generally enjoy life.
Hopefully that's enough information about me
and I will be chatting more throughout the course.
That's it for now.