Pamela has practiced in a variety of adult healthcare specialties since becoming a nurse practitioner in 2005. After accepting a position in an occupational health clinic in 2015, she found her passion for advocating for the health and safety of workers and worker populations with a focus on the promotion of health, prevention of illness and injury, and the protection from work-related and environmental hazards.
In 2020, she was awarded a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) funded Occupational Health Nurse Fellowship with the Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety and the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing where she is pursuing a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.
Pamela grew up in Castalia and currently lives in Milan with her husband, 2 sons, and 2 Aussiedoodles. In her free time, Pamela enjoys spending time with her family, baking, reading, running, and traveling both locally and internationally. She is a member of The Chapel, participating with the marriage ministries, worship team, and short-term missions. She holds a special place in her heart for the people of Haiti, having traveled there for six short term missions over the past 10 years. She helped organize and lead a medical team in 2018, providing mobile medical care clinics for children and adults living in underserved rural Haitian villages.