Nancy was listening to the radio as she rolled down the interstate in her blue Buick Skylark when something caught her attention.
“I don’t remember what station I was listening to, but they used two terms I’d never heard used together – ‘genetics’ and ‘counseling,’” she recalls.
She was immediately hooked on the idea that led to a groundbreaking career as a genetic counselor. Nancy’s spent most of her life on the cutting edge. She was the first member of her family to go to college, the first student to study genetic counseling at UNCG and the first certified genetic counselor in the state of North Carolina. She was ahead of her time, not only in her field, but as she balanced her marriage, family, career and a lengthy commute in an age when fewer women were able to build a career.
“I didn’t set out to be a pioneer,” she said. “I followed my interest.”