Nancy Tamarisk graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles with a B.A. in Psychology. She later attained a B.S.N. from the University of California, San Francisco. Nancy worked in the Bay Area as a critical care nurse before returning to graduate school to earn a M.S.N. from Yale University as a Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist. Queen of the Valley Hospital hired her as its first Critical Care Clinical Specialist. She developed the hospital's first comprehensive critical care training program for nurses, and was on the start-up team that introduced the cardiac surgery program. Returning to school yet again, she completed the Sonoma State University Family Nurse Practitioner program. She has worked as a Nurse Practitioner at Napa Valley Nephrology and Internal Medicine since 1997. She is married with one son. Her interests include hiking, cross-country skiing, gardening and kayaking. Nancy is board-certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and she has a special interest in women's health and cardiovascular medicine.

Professional Affiliations

• California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
• American College of Nurse Practitioners
• Sigma Theta Tau
• Napa Advanced Practice Clinicians' Network
• Past President of Napa Chapter, American Association of Critical Care Nurses