Marjoree Neer, FNP,  joined Toiyabe Indian Health Project in August 2011 as the Director of the Toiyabe Public Health Department. The Public Health Department includes the Community Health and Outreach programs, Elders Nutrition and Caregiving, WIC, and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians. Marjoree graduated from UC Davis and UCLA with Bachelor degrees in Physiology and Nursing. She then went on to get her Master’s degree in Nursing from CSU,Long Beach. She was the lead Nurse Practitioner for the MOMobile Clinic with Stanislaus County prior to moving to the Eastern Sierra where she has lived for 19 years working in both the Mono County Health Department and the Inyo County Health Department. In Inyo County she worked as the Nurse Practitioner for the Family Planning Clinic and oversaw the Maternal-Child Health Program. She has a great interest in supporting families and assisting them to be healthy and resilient. She believes this support both on the individual and community level comes in the form of increasing knowledge, partnerships with families and providers, access to resources and care, and development of policies and systems which meet the needs of families.