As a Certified Registered Dental Hygienist, Trish has more than 30 years experience in patient care. For approximately 15 years, she served as the OSHA and Infection Control Coordinator in a large group dental practice. She continued to fill those positions while she obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene from St. Petersburg College and completed Master’s level coursework in Health Professions Education at Florida Gulf Coast University.

Trish was an adjunct faculty member at Florida State College at Jacksonville’s Dental Hygiene Program for 10 years where she taught clinically and didactically in her areas of expertise: Infection Control education and Compliance.

Trish has earned the designations Certified Dental Specialist OSHA and Certified Dental Specialist HIPAA through the Institute for Dental Compliance and Risk Management.

We are also proud to share that Trish contributed her expertise to our team for many years as a valued Teaching Assistant, where her professionalism, mentorship, and deep commitment to excellence greatly enriched the learning experience for our students.