Kristen Allard is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner. In 2012, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Maryland School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. While earning her bachelor's degree, she was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society. After completing a nurse residency and a nurse scholars program, she worked on the Cardiac Surgery Progressive Care Unit in the University of Maryland Medical Center while pursuing her advanced degree. She graduated with a Doctor of Nursing Practice specializing as a Family Nurse Practitioner from University of Maryland. She also worked as a graduate teaching assistant in the Clinical Simulation Laboratories and in the master' level health assessment course.