“Nurse Elaine” received her nursing degree from Georgia Baptist Hospital and Medical College of Georgia Schools of Nursing and her Masters degree and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification from Emory University. She has worked in pediatric healthcare for over 40 years, primarily at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. She currently works part time at Children's Medicine and is on the nursing faculty at University of North Georgia. She is active in her church and enjoys gardening. She is the proud mother of a daughter by the name of Julia who works in advertising in New York City.