Marian completed her Batchelor's degree in Nursing at Northern Arizona University in 1998, and her Master's degree in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2001. She is licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse Practitioner in Arizona with full prescribing and dispensing privileges and holds national certification through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certified. She currently has admission privileges at Kachina Point Health Care Center.