Judith Healey Walsh is a community health clinical nurse specialist with over 30 years of urban- based, community focused nursing experience in direct care, program development, administration, and student education. She has taught fundamentals and community health nursing, and precepted graduate students in both community health and nursing education courses. An expert in competency based education, she has extensive experience teaching diverse non-traditional college students, and has developed many student success programs. Recently, she coordinated the design and programming of the Center for Clinical Education and Research (CCER), which provides a technologically sophisticated learning environment that fosters active, experiential learning. As director of the CCER, she is responsible for the development, coordination, and evaluation of academic and clinical support services, clinical lab education, and simulation integration. She has developed substantial expertise in the development and facilitation of all aspects of simulation, has served as the simulation specialist on training grants, presented her work at local, regional and national conferences, and has been the recipient of awards for excellence, innovation, and leadership in nursing education. Her scholarship focuses on cultural education in nursing, innovative forms of experiential learning, and the needs of diverse learners.