Frontier graduate Emily Levingston Luna, CNM, MSN, is making a significant impact on midwifery care in her home community of Las Cruces, New Mexico. As the founder of Vida Midwifery, she is dedicated to expanding access to quality maternal healthcare in the region. Luna earned her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) specialty from FNU in 2018.
A Century of Stories: Dr. Cathy Cook
As a graduate, regional clinical faculty, preceptor, and faculty member, Dr. Cook has done it all. After earning her MSN from Case Western Reserve, she came to Frontier to obtain her CNM (1998). She later returned to Frontier for her DNP (2020). She worked as a certified nurse-midwife from 1998-2020, specializing in natural childbirth and providing individualized education and prenatal care to expectant mothers. She has since received Full Practice Authority and opened her own aesthetic and hormone optimization clinic. Cook has precepted an incredible 270 Frontier students.
Maternal Health Crisis Documentary Premieres on Kentucky Educational Television (KET) and PBS Affiliates Throughout the U.S.
A new documentary about the maternal health crisis and the role of nurse-midwives will air on Kentucky’s statewide PBS network Kentucky Educational Television (KET) on March 12 at 5:00pm ET. Air dates are also set for more than 150 PBS affiliates throughout the country. Nurse-Midwives: Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis educates the public on the impact of nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners on maternal health and the maternal mortality crisis being experienced in the United States.
Frontier Nursing University Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Its Inception
Throughout 2025, Frontier Nursing University is celebrating the 100th anniversary since its inception. Originally founded as the Mary Breckinridge Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies in 1925, the organization was renamed as the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in 1928. Today, Frontier has more than 10,000 alumni from all 50 states and a current enrollment of 2,700 students.
Graduate Spotlight: Karen Tepper’s family history inspires her focus on underserved populations
FNU graduate Karen Tepper, DNP, ANP-BC, HHCNS-BCN/A, has consistently dedicated her three-decade career in healthcare to the betterment of underserved communities. Based in Massachusetts, Dr. Tepper’s passion for improving healthcare access and outcomes is rooted in her own family’s history—her parents, both immigrants, endured immense challenges, including her mother’s survival of World War II and her father’s family fleeing oppression in Eastern Europe.
Dr. Joan Slager Leaves Lasting Imprint on FNU
Dr. Joan Slager, CNM, DNP, FACNM, FAAN, announced last fall that she will retire as Dean of Nursing on February 28, 2025. Dr. Slager’s tenure as Dean began in 2018, but her dream of becoming a nurse-midwife and her connection to Frontier Nursing University started long before.
Ebony Simpson Makes A “Huge Difference” as an In-Hospital Nurse-Midwife
Not so long ago, Ebony Monique Simpson, RN, BSN, CNM (Class 104), would have more likely written this story than been its subject. After graduating from Howard University with a journalism degree, she worked for a global public relations firm in Manhattan, representing pharmaceutical companies. But she knew that was not where she wanted to be. Her true passion had always been to become a midwife.
Graduate Spotlight: Marianna Holland fills healthcare gap by opening her own birth center in Arizona
Frontier graduate Marianna Holland, DNP, CNM, filled a crucial gap in healthcare in her community when she opened her own birth center, New Phase at the Birth Nest in Glendale, Arizona. New Phase, which was opened after Dr. Holland graduated from FNU with a Master of Science degree in nurse-midwifery and a Doctor of Nursing Practice, is the only BIPOC-led birth center in the state.
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