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Holding a Master's Degree in Nursing Education from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, Rev. Pamela has been a Registered Nurse since 1981. Rev.Pamela was employed by Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, Indiana for 20 years. After moving to Arizona in 2001, Pamela has worked in dialysis at the Apache Reservation in San Carlos, Arizona and as a Nurse Education Specialist at Banner Desert Medical Center. Rev. Pamela currently is the Director of Quality,Education, and Nursing Informatics at Cobre Valley Community Hospital in Globe, Arizona.
Rev. Pamela is a Licensed Interfaith Minister, ordained by Rev. Paula Webb www.NationalInterfaithCouncil.com from Universal Brotherhood, Inc and is a practicing Shamana (female Shaman).
Rev. Pamela received her Shamanic training by attending a Shamanic Apprenticeship Program in Michigan that was led by John Perkins, www.johnperkins.org. During this training period of two and one-half years, Rev. Pamela traveled to Ecuador and learned from the Shamans in the Amazon Rain Forest and High Andes Mountains. Rev. Pamela returned to the High Andes, touring with Shaman, Joyce Kendall, www.earthheartfarm.com , and received intensive Shamanic Training in 2003 at which time she was initiated as a Shamana.
When Rev. Pamela is performing Shamanic work, she uses her Spirit Name, Aletha Ariana which she discovered during a Shamanic journey. Aletha means truthful one and Ariana means a beautiful melody.
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