Tracy has been an RN for over thirty years and developed health education and diabetes programs in Spanish for local hospitals, as well as serving as faculty and Professor of Nursing at local Colleges. She also works with International Service Learning, taking nurses to Central and South America offering medical clinics to rural communities. As a freelance speaker, Dr. Long has earned the Educator of Excellence Award and has been an invited keynote speaker for nursing school graduations, career fairs, webinars, and genealogy seminars. Dr. Long has also developed and written numerous nursing courses and authored a book on geology as well as three children’s books.