Dr. Madara is a professor of nursing at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT. Her areaof practice is adult health. She received her BSN from St Anselm College-Manchester, New Hampshire, MAfrom the University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma MSN from Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT and Ed.Dfrom Teacher's College-Columbia University.Vanessa Pomarico-Denino is a Family Nurse Practitioner in Private Practice specializing in Women's Health. She is a guest lecturer for Southern Connecticut State University, Fairfield University and the Yale Schoolof Nursing. She received her undergraduate nursing degree at the University of Bridgeport School ofNursing, Bidgeport, CT and her MSN in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at SCSU.