Ms. Melissa Evans is a registered nurse with over 12 years of diverse clinical experience spanning emergency medicine, trauma care, hospice, progressive care, and correctional health. She currently serves in a leadership role within a maximum-security men’s correctional facility in Texas, providing clinical oversight and responding to high-risk medical events in a secure environment. She is a dual-track Family Nurse Practitioner and Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner student at Rockhurst University. Her professional interests include emergency preparedness, disaster response in secure settings, correctional healthcare quality improvement, and trauma-informed care.