She is widely published in technical and nursing journals and textbooks. She is a Registered Nurse and a Registered Radiation Therapy Technologist (R.N.R.T.T.). She graduated from St. Vincent's Hospital School of Nursing in Jacksonville, Florida in 1957, and Halifax Medical Center and the University of Central Florida School of Radiation Therapy in 1972. She currently works part-time as an R.N. in the Department of Family Medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic in Keene.
Memories, Love Comes Softly is her second book of poetry. She also authored Forever the Promise, published in 1997.