Linda has been a cardiology nurse/nurse practitioner for most of her career. However, she did cross over to the dark side and worked in nephrology as a nurse practitioner for 6 years. She currently works as manager of the Essentia Health Heart Failure program. Essentia Health's Heart Failure program has 6 sites across Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota and manages 2000 patients. The majority of the heart failure population also have renal disease and atrial fibrillation. She is honored to be here with her former colleagues in the ANNA.