Barbara Lynette Peters
Barbara Lynette Peters was born in Miami Beach, Florida. She is the fourth daughter of Hiawatha and Minnie Hilliard. She and her four sisters & their only brother-grew up in Liberty City, a neighborhood within the City of Miami. Her life was greatly impacted by the family's involvement in their local church, and by five years of attendance at public school on Miami Beach.
She credits her dad with developing her love for books at an early age, and her mom with planting the seeds of compassion for others. With the help of a very special guidance counselor, she attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables. She graduated in 1982 and 1992 with her undergraduate then graduate degrees from the School of Nursing. She is currently enrolled in a doctoral program at Samford University in Alabama in pursuit of a DNP degree.
She has experienced nursing from various angles including in-hospital adult health, ambulatory pediatrics, public health, school health, medical-malpractice defense, and summer camp nursing in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. She is a Board Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with experience in Primary & Neurological Pediatrics as well as Pediatric Clinical Research. Barbara currently serves as maternity & pediatric faculty for students pursuing their Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in Orlando Florida.
In March of 1983 she married her college beau, Patrick Peters. God blessed them with two sons, Adam and Bryan, who they were guided by God to raise them into adulthood. The family moved to Tallahassee, Florida in 2003 where she and Patrick were active in their home church in the areas of youth and music ministry. While in Tallahassee, Patrick & Barbara became the proud grandparents of 3 girls and 2 boys. In 2011 they moved to Orlando, and are still exploring their new city.
Although Barbara accepted Christ's gift of Salvation as a nine year old, she truly surrendered to Christ's Lordship in her life as an adult in 1992 in a local church in Weston, Florida. And since that time, God has been busy turning her life right-side up.
Over time, God has given her a passion about sharing His truths on the Christian life and relationships with others through writing, speaking and teaching. She has self-published two books, as well as worked with other publishers on a variety of articles in Christian and nursing magazines as well as a hometown newspaper in Weston, Florida.
