Mary Lynch, DNP, MPH, PNP, FAAN is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing, UCSF. Mary is the Interim Director of the Master of Science Program and the Coordinator of the Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program in the School of Nursing. During her three decades of teaching and mentoring Pediatric and Neonatal graduate nursing students at UCSF, Mary has been committed to developing future providers to support high quality health care for acute and chronically ill infants and children. In addition, Mary has been instrumental in developing and implementing innovative teaching strategies and supporting collaborative educational endeavors with nursing students in the UC System and in Hawaii.