Kathy Moreland has been a registered nurse since 1982 and has worked predominantly as a staff nurse, educator, manager and NP in oncology and palliative care. As a proud graduate of the University of Windsor for both her undergraduate and graduate degrees, Kathy has had the opportunity to work in many cities in Southern Ontario and Michigan. Kathy shared her knowledge of nursing as a professor of nursing in the McMaster University/Conestoga College collaborative BScN program in the latter half of her career and recently retired from fulltime work. She is the past president of RNAO Waterloo Chapter and a Lifetime Achievement member of RNAO when she was lauded for her career, her advocacy for those with FASD and more recently the Drug Poisoning Crisis. She has been a member of RNAO for decades and continues to be passionate about its mission to advocate for healthy public policy, promote excellence in nursing practice, and power nurses to actively influence and shape decisions that affect the profession and the public they serve. She is happy to have returned to her hometown to work with area nurses to enact that mission.