Jean Hayward has over 7 years of experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner with over 17 years of healthcare experience in family practice, geriatrics, rehab and wound care. She received her Nursing Degree from Jamestown CC, her bachelor’s degree from Jacksonville University, and her master’s degree for FNP from Saint Joseph's College. She worked fulltime as a RN charge nurse while successfully completing her degrees and become a board-certified medical provider. She earned her MBA and worked as a financial analyst/stock broker. Today, she feels fulfilment after making the change in her career to a medical provider. When she’s not working, Jean enjoys traveling, singing, spending time with her family. She has served the church as a Eucharistic minister, early childhood religious education teacher, and an intergenerational religious education instructor. She earned her Doctor of Divinity degree and she received the St. Joseph’s service award from the Bishop of Buffalo. She is currently working on her DNP, “.. the more I know the better it will be for my patients." She believes in the words of Mark Twain, “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”