Amber Barksdale, PNP-C, received her bachelor's degree in nursing from the Louisiana State University Health in New Orleans. She then completed her master's degree in the pediatric primary care nurse practitioner program at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. After working as a nurse in the NICU, Amber fell in love with the pediatric population. She went back to school to become a pediatric nurse practioner to further her education and be able to assist families in treating and preventing illnesses from birth to young adulthood.