About The Founder

Dianne was a pioneer in many things throughout her life. One of these triggered the beginning of the existence of accredited veterinary technician programs in colleges throughout Arizona while serving two terms as president of the then "Veterinary Technician Association of Arizona" (VTAAz) in the late 1990s, now called "The Veterinary Health Care Team of Arizona" through the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association (AzVMA). 

Arizona didn't offer any accredited veterinary technician degree programs when Dianne moved to Arizona in 1991 from Vermont. This was a problem where Dianne had felt this was a necessary need and there was a means for a positive solution that would become a benefit for everyone. She brought together leaders in the veterinary industry (affiliations, specialists, clinicians, businesses, and academia fields) to create a board committee to ensure that the existence of accredited programs would become a reality to this day.

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Dianne's mom had dreams of being a Professional Registered Nurse, as well. So, she began college with her mom in Vermont at the age of 19. Dianne was involved in medicine since she was 16, volunteering in the local hospital and at the high school. 

During Dianne’s nursing studies, she tried to get jobs at veterinary hospitals, also. Nothing that coincided with her studies/interests was ever available for the age that she felt could help her learn and grow. Then, Dianne discovered that if she wanted more opportunities for growth potential in her interests in both human and animal nursing, and anything else in medicine, she knew she'd have to relocate.... far. She selected the western part of the U.S. because her brother lived in that direction...although she never had the opportunity to live with him because he was in the Afghanistan war (a veteran of the U.S. Air Force) after she had already been preparing to move. So, Dianne found herself in Arizona, alone, where there were a variety of people, including roommates, that robbed her of good and helpful experiences… Thankfully, her boss from a temp job she had held (in cleaning houses) when she first arrived to Arizona helped Dianne get back on track with life. 

It was a difficult decision for Dianne to leave all she'd ever known about life in the country vs living in a city, the roads of her hometown that led to many friends and leaving her favorite person (her mom) and moving 3000 miles away was necessary though to answer an internal calling she was also committed to finding personally and professionally in life. 

While her mother focused on her pathway in her nursing education for her degree to practice, Dianne autonomously moved to Arizona at age 20, with the goal to complete her registered nursing degree, as well, and focus on growing her career in medicine. She didn't expect, though, that she would meet a person who lived in the same apartment complex where she initially resided, was a veterinary technician at a veterinary hospital located minutes from her house. 

This person's name was Susan, the same name as her mom's. Insight: Dianne wasn't only into the sciences and the arts of medicine and laws of life, but spirituality was just as huge to her (she calls it "un-tapped science") as it proved to her on countless occasions to pay attention, and being acutely aware of signs and symbols the universe may expose to her, and her next plans of actions. These minor details are huge to Dianne, and it continue to gauge her guidance in how she goes about her life. She has and continues to achieve in incredible areas that she honors and is grateful for her beliefs, keeping her humble, as well. 

This convenience of location and the opportunity to work at a veterinary hospital helped her quickly learn the fundamental skills she'd need to know while becoming a registered nurse. Her involvement in multiple areas of veterinary medicine from drawing blood to learning about diseases specific to each species to the politics that drew her into the administrative area of veterinary medicine, and then in biomedical research at the state university prepared her well to be a professional registered nurse specialist. 

This combination of passions and knowledge led to her finding her soul mate while working at the state university in Bioengineering. Dale is a veterinarian/scientist who holds a huge example and role model to her, and in her interests turned into passions that graduated into achievements of becoming an RN with honors and accomplishments in her career, including in her receiving all her other degrees, and specialties and how she gives back effortlessly to the community in many projects. 

As she learned about his research studies and assisted him in his fieldwork, this prompted her even more intrigue and passion about her commitment to the field of medicine and challenging her own skills. Their career is also a great hobby for them both. Together, she feels her husband makes her work fun. He is her best friend and favorite colleague in research. 

 Dianne has a purpose, and it is to make All Species Nurse a distinguishable mark for all fields to focus on that there are similarities in both human and veterinary medicine. It is necessary for the integration of human and veterinary care and the mission, vision and philosophies continue as not only her legacy but that it continues to build into the framework of all types of medical care services and practices throughout everyone’s life and learning about their own health and while helping others in the prevention of disease and the promotion of health. 

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Dianne’s personal history 

As a typical country girl, she was always surrounded by pets and wild animals (she'd bring them home, rehabilitate them, then release them back into the wild). She's lived on farms in Vermont and Canada, volunteered at shelters, and helped care for a variety of animals by assisting at a young age in the field and in clinics for veterinarians. 

With humans, she started as a candy striper at the age of 16 in Vermont. And she never stopped in her education and experiences in all living things - She's hard to keep up with... 

She was a genuine child prodigy who was discovered in the 5th grade at a middle school in upstate New York where she was advanced in reading, writing, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Then, was placed in art programs where she was serious about the sculptures she made from clay and ice, and sketches (charcoal and pencils). Her family moved from New York to Vermont when she was in the 6th grade. She donated many of her sketches to schools and a library of the small town she was raised until she was 20 years old when she moved to Arizona...she almost had a book published in the 7th grade...which she refused...she didn't want that kind of attention because it was a class assignment, not meant to be read by anyone...then went back to being a nerd again...until her senior year in High School. She exploded in her hobbies of dancing, putting on performances in front of anyone that had a camera, collecting different types of rocks, and later, photography and make-up. 

Ironically, she was also a "tomboy" that collected snakes and any other reptile or mammals she could find... She modeled for an agency in Vermont and one in New York where she strutted on the runway, (she (pretended) to tell people her hair was trademarked so nobody, but her could cut or color it. However, realizing she enjoyed all the attention at that time, helped build her confidence to become Miss Newport, Vermont in the Miss Vermont, U.S.A. pageant at age 18, leading to TV commercials (attempting to disguise herself) when she was "Wendy" for the local Wendy's restaurant commercial, then another commercial where she was a customer skipping across the floor with the sandwich of the month for Burger King! 

While this seems unrelated to medicine, her energy in versatile areas of how to live life, have compassion for all living things, stay happy and healthy and balance it all is evident in how she values life and takes on various projects. 

While she hasn't changed at all in all her hobbies, she discovered a path that involves medical care and saving lives. Some people joked they wouldn't be surprised to see a cast on a grasshopper's leg while learning the registered nursing clinical care in wrapping deep wounds on human patients. 

She was recognized in Vedere's magazine as a model turned All Species Nurse, the ultimate patient advocate: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/all-species-nurse-phoenix-2?select=9yyj9tPcTaMum4na_xr9-g 

She married a humbled gentleman that participates in the conservation of all living things, as well, and includes the environment. Friends consider him a "saint" that could tolerate her wild side in various hobbies and delivery of actions in her medical interests by working autonomously or with like-minded teams to collaborate in areas to help those that couldn't help themselves. 

She had an in-depth interest in her cultural differences and focused on performances with intense energy. In fact, everything she did was intense- Her husband, Dale, is her soulmate. 

He's a professor, researcher, and, of course, a veterinarian - another person with similar interests that is focused on a planned roadmap in scientific research studies. Oftentimes, she'd participate in his scientific research, which inspired her to improve in all she likes and wants to do more, while embracing the values medicine has always held itself accountable for..being fully committed to being patient-centered. This leadership way of thinking in nursing for both humans and animals led to Dianne creating her own sandbox- All Species Nurse, LLC. 

Her role in added interest in politics introduced her awareness of the need for the rights of awareness for vulnerable populations of humans and animals. This bolstered her interests that aided quality care for all, humans, animals, and even the environment. 

After receiving her Registered Nursing (RN) license, she integrated her Veterinary Technician license (CVT) and created the integrated company 'All Species Nurse, LLC.' 

She was president of the original Veterinary Technician Association of Arizona and became a member of a board of leaders as the only Certified Veterinary Technician/ Registered Nurse among professional specialists of Veterinarians to support the development of accredited veterinary technician programs that would assist veterinary technicians to, in addition, transfer their credits to universities to receive degrees in any field of study that could enhance their careers as Certified Veterinary Technicians.

To Dianne and Dale, all life matters- As you can see, Dianne's passion for all living things can make her biography too long to describe.