Dr. Grobbel is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan. She received her BSN from Wayne State University and her Master’s and Doctoral Degree from Oakland University. Claudia considers herself a ‘late in life’ academic, having spent the first two-thirds of her nursing career in clinical practice and nursing leadership. She brings this practical knowledge into her classroom. Claudia began her caring practice journey during her doctoral studies investigating how pre-nursing students viewed caring practice. This study reinforced the need for academia to include caring modalities in traditional nursing education. Since that time, she has continued to study the link between caring practices and quality patient outcomes. She offers a ‘Caring Studio’ to undergraduate students where she merges the art and science of intentional caring practices in a series of workshops based off the principles of Caring for Self, Colleagues and Patients/Families.