Jennifer pursued a career in nursing to combine evidence-based practice with compassionate, holistic care aimed at improving patient outcomes. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston College and began her career as a bedside nurse on a trauma medical-surgical unit in Philadelphia, PA.

To advance her clinical expertise, Jennifer completed her Family Nurse Practitioner degree at the University of Pennsylvania. She went on to practice as a nurse practitioner with the Acute Care Surgery-Trauma Service at a Boston hospital before earning her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the MGH Institute of Health Professions.

Jennifer is honored to be part of the General Surgery Department at Boston Children's Hospital where she is dedicated to delivering high-quality, patient and family-centered care.