I am Dr. Sandra Kurtin. I received my BSN, MS in oncology nursing, post-graduate certification in geriatric and adult practice, and most recently, my PhD in nursing at the University of Arizona. I hold appointments as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing at The University of Arizona. I am currently The Director of Advanced Practice and a Hematology/Oncology Nurse Practitioner at The University of Arizona Cancer Center where I have practiced for 38 years, 30 of those in Advanced Practice. I am honored to be an inaugural Fellow of Advanced Practice in Oncology (FAPO). I am a founding board member and the immediate past-president of the Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology (APSHO), as well as a member of American Society of Hematology (ASH), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), and Oncology Nursing Society (ONS). In addition, she is a member of the executive committee, board of directors and co-chair of the Nursing Leadership Board for the MDS Foundation. I also serve on the Hematology Board for the American Board of Internal Medicine. I have been an associate editor for The Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology since its inception. I am also an editorial board member for JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, ASH News, The Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, and the ASCO People Living with Cancer website. I have presented numerous regional, national, and international lectures on oncology related topics and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Cancer Nursing, Clinical Leukemia, Blood, Leukemia Research, The Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology, and The Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. My research focuses on heath technology engagement and communicative health literacy aimed at improving health self-management among older adult cancer survivors and their caregivers, as well as practice transformation to achieve best practice.