Dr. Roberts has practiced as a registered nurse since receiving her diploma from East Tennessee Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in 1983. Her experience includes a focus on adult medical/surgical & cardiac nursing and home health care. She returned to school in 2007 and graduated with a BSN in 2010 and MSN Nursing Education in 2013 from East Tennessee State University, and DNP Administration with additional Educator Role Concentration from Samford University in Birmingham in 2016. She has advanced certification as a Healthcare Simulation Educator and National League of Nursing certification as a Certified Nurse Educator. Other areas of interest are Civility in Healthcare and Transition to Practice for new nurses. She is actively involved in the local chapter of Sigma Theta Tau.