Kathy Tbaba is a Market Nurse Manager for Texas Oncology in South Dallas, TX and a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner seeing patients in her clinic in South Dallas.  She has been in nursing leadership for a little over 5 years and has worked in a variety of healthcare settings, both large and small.  Kathy’s passion is incorporating mental health care and knowledge into all aspects of healthcare, specifically nursing leadership and primary care.  She completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology and Nursing at Texas Woman’s University, a graduate program in Nursing at Texas Woman’s University, and is now in a post graduate program at Duke University focusing on Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.  Kathy is a native Texan, born and raised local to the DFW area.  She is married and has two daughters, one a senior in college at Rutgers University, and one a senior in high school getting ready to launch.  Any time not working or in school, Kathy enjoys travel, football and soccer games, cooking, and spending time with friends and family.