Darcie has been a Board Certified PA since 2012, practicing clinically in internal medicine/occupational health, orthopedics, urgent care, and family practice at a Federally Qualified Health Center. She was the lead provider of a school-based health center for several years before transitioning to academia. Darcie has been an Associate Professor with the Touro University California PA Program since 2015. She serves as a Faculty Senator and on the Academic Policy Review Committee at Touro, as an Associate Editor for Aquifer Clinical Excellence, on the AAPA HOD House Policy Review Committee, as a California Delegate to the AAPA HOD, and as a Director-at-Large on the California Academy of PAs Board of Directors. Darcie holds bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Spanish from Sonoma State University, is a graduate of the Touro Joint PA/MPH Program Class of 2012, and received her Doctor of Education in 2025. Darcie’s research interests include cognitive bias in PA medical decision-making and metacognition strategies for preventing misdiagnosis. Darcie volunteers in her community as President of Casa Grande High School Boosters Club and with the Medical Reserve Corps of Sonoma County. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, beekeeping, and sailing. She joined the nccPA Health Foundation Board of Directors in 2022, was reelected to a second term that began in 2025, and serves as Secretary in 2026.