Darcie has been a Board Certified PA since 2012, practicing clinically in internal medicine, 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 Faculty Senate Executive Committee at Touro, as an Associate Editor for Aquifer Clinical Excellence, on the Aquifer Physician Assistant Affinity Group, and as a California Delegate to the AAPA HOD. Darcie holds bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Spanish from Sonoma State University and is a graduate of the Touro Joint PA/MPH Program Class of 2012. 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 is serving in her second year as chair of the Health Foundation’s Professional Practice Workgroup.