Catherine Santos, MSN, APRN, received her undergraduate degrees from De la Salle University and Philippine Women’s University in Manila, Philippines. She was awarded the highest honor upon completion of her B.S. in Nursing. She completed her graduate studies in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Maryville University in St. Louis, Missouri. While at Maryville University, she was inducted into the honor society of Sigma Theta Tau for maintaining a 4.0-grade point average in graduate school. She is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the AANP. She also holds a national certification for Certified Bariatric Nursing (CBN) from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).