Rosalind Barber obtained her BSN nursing degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1995 and a graduate degree (MSN) in Nurse Public Health Leadership at the University of Virginia in 2008. She currently is employed as a nurse in the Outpatient Services department and feels confident that Appalachian State University has prepared her well to become a nursing instructor. She has worked in medical surgical nursing, public health, and school nursing. She enjoys gardening where she resides in Hillsborough, NC with her husband and three pets.