Sierra studied at Lansing Community College and received her Associates in Nursing in 2017. While working as a Registered Nurse Sierra completed her RN to BSN at Michigan State in 2019. Sierra completed her Doctorate of Nursing Practice at Michigan State University and was certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner in the summer of 2023.
Sierra has had a diverse career in nursing, including working at a rural hospital, in an urban health department, with a local Health Department during COVID, and in a University setting as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. Most recently, Sierra has been working at the health department again as a Mobile Health Nurse Practitioner focused on community outreach. Sierra is so excited to be joining the staff at Nimkee Medical Clinic and to be serving the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.
Sierra lives at home with her partner, Nolan, and their two rescue cats, Shayla & Eliza in Lansing, MI. Sierra enjoys spending time with her large family, friends, reading the many books she checks out from the local library, moving her body (hiking, biking, swimming, and doing yoga), gardening in her home garden, and traveling.