Linda is a nurse by background. She has worked both in hospitals and education positions. She has a strong interest in complementary therapies as healing modalities. She worked extensively with patients in pain and became very interested in studying Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts. She attended classes over several years and became certified to teach MBSR in 2013. She has been teaching MBSR for 20 years with patients, hospital staff members and members of the public.