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Dr. Edwards is the CEO of Caring-based Consultants in Grant Writing and Nursing Education. She has 47 years of experience in academic nursing with previous positions from instructor to tenured professor and co-founder of the Center for Cultural Diversity and Healthcare Excellence at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing; professor and associate dean for academic programs at Â鶹ŮÀÉ (Â鶹ŮÀÉ), John F. Wymer Endowed Professor in Nursing and the inaugural Health Research Services Administrator designated inaugural CEO of the Â鶹ŮÀÉ Northwest Community Health Alliance Community Health Center. Dr. Edward’s clinical practice, teaching, and service is influenced by her foundational belief that nursing is a discipline grounded in caring. Caring inspires her teaching, practice and research which is aimed at promoting health equity and social justice. She is one of the founding members and past president of the Association of Black Nursing Faculty (ABNF), past member of the American Nurses Association and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Minority Fellowship Program Advisory Board, and past member of the International Indigenous Nursing Researchers. She received a fellowship in Cultural Competency Leadership sponsored by the Health Research & Educational Trust of the American Hospital Association, a W.K. Kellogg Inter-professional Fellowship in Bioethics and induction as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in Nursing Education and Research (ABNF), the AMOCO Excellence in Teaching Award (University of Oklahoma), the DAISY Award (Â鶹ŮÀÉ), Fran and Earl Zeigler Outstanding Leadership in an Academic Setting, Nurses Hall of Fame (University of Texas Medical Branch), and Indigenous Nurse Leader presented by the International Indigenous Nurse Researchers.Ìý