My name is Jane Gabbidon. I am married, with two beautiful children. I was born in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, but grew up in Montserrat, British West Indies. I migrated to the Bronx, New York, at age seventeen. At age twenty-two, I graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology. At age twenty, I graduated from Borough of Manhattan Community College with an Associate Degree in Nursing. As a practicing nurse for the past nineteen years, I have spent eighteen and a half years in long-term care, specifically the nursing home industry. I have worked in every role as a long term care nurse. I started nursing as a medication/treatment nurse, subsequently became an RN supervisor, a wound care nurse, an MDS Coordinator, A Nurse Educator, an Infection Control Nurse and Assistant Director of Nursing. I worked 11 years as a Director of Nursing and now my current position as a Corporate Director of Nursing/Regional Clinical Consultant for a New York based Long Term Care organization that owns/manages over 29 facilities.
