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Petheree Nissley was born in Liberia and moved to the United States when she was 9- years-old. She has worked in the nursing field for nearly a decade in a variety of clinical settings including critical care, rural health and working with underserved communities. She has served in mentorship roles as well as in quality improvement.
Mrs. Nissley developed a heart for missions after taking her first trip to Jamaica as a high school senior with Mount Carmel Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia. Additional volunteer work included rural outreach and community health fairs, and she was a volunteer at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia, Liberia.
During the Ebola Outbreak of 2014, she led a local fundraiser in Charlottesville, VA to mobilize funds and supplies for front line workers in Liberia.
Mrs. Nissley has a BS degree in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing and Public Health Nursing Leadership from the University of Virginia. She also has a Post-Master’s Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD and is duly certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
Mrs. Nissley has followed Dr. Chris Hena’s work since she met her in 2014. In 2019, she visited the Waterfield Primary Health Care Center and witnessed the critical services offered to the Kakata Community and was truly inspired by the work. Having an understanding of the Liberian culture and with her healthcare background, she will be an asset to move forward the mission and vision of Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia forward.
