Cathleen graduated from the University of Maryland with a BS in Health Education in 1983. She continued her education by receiving a BSN from Georgetown University Nursing School in 1984. She began her nursing career at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC where she worked for 12 years in the Emergency Room, Surgical and High Risk Labor and Delivery units. She taught as a Teacher’s Assistant in the Georgetown University Nursing School and conducted childbirth education while working with midwives.
