Patty is a well-known national trainer, speaker and educator in end-of-life matters and has trained over 25,000 hospice volunteers, staff, end-of-life doulas, caregivers and students. While spending every day from diagnosis to death with a dear friend, Patty was introduced to the beauty and benefits of hospice. She became a hospice volunteer, patient advocate, community educator and trainer with several hospices in Atlanta and Philadelphia.

As a result of her personal and professional experience, she founded Teaching Transitions and Doing Death Differently. Teaching Transitions, the hospice initiative, was recently acquired by a large healthcare training and data analytics company. LifePath Learners is the new re-branded company designed to bring more awareness to end-of-life matters as well as train end-of-life doulas, family caregivers, healthcare professionals, and individuals drawn to this work.

Patty was one of seven original founders of National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA), a membership organization supporting EOL doulas, She was also chosen as a founding member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) End-of-Life Doula Council, which offers education to the NHPCO membership and the general public.