Joscelyne Dracca has been a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner at UTSW for 6 years and has been practicing in Palliative Medicine for 11 years. She attended nursing school at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI and developed a passion for palliative care during her last semester of graduate school. She is an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse through the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. She enjoys delivering lectures, teaching End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) courses and precepting new staff and students. In her time outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 young daughters, cooking and running.