Accomplished health care practitioner with demonstrated ability to teach, motivate and direct caregivers and students, while maintaining high interest and achievement. Articulate communicator who effectively interacts with diverse populations of healthcare professionals at a variety of academic levels. The ability to maintain excellent relations with physicians, administrators, department chairs, faculty and community liaisons. Motivated with strong planning, organizational and leadership skills.Master's level clinician, doctoral candidate and Certified Dementia Practitioner has been working with elders for over twenty years. Well-known in the elder care community for advocacy on behalf of clients with dementia and for providing specialized services to dementia clients and their families. Additionally, she has worked with organizations and facilities that serve this population by designing programs and developing specialized training programs. In addition to:~The ability to teach academic curriculum in Higher Education, with emphasis on health promotion, preventive behavioral concepts, relevant to multi-cultural issues and with diverse populations.~Designed and implemented customized teaching programs to support the emotionally, physically, and learning disabled student, provided success-oriented learning within the main stream classroom environment.~Lectured and consulted to long term care organizations, professional health care agencies and the general community.~Educated caregivers in Patient-Centered Alzheimer's Care Series, community agencies, Acute Care hospitals and Long Term Care Facility