Carolyn began dental nursing in 1989, as a Saturday girl at a local practice. She has worked in two GDS Practices between 1989 and 1998 and then in North Wales Community Dental Service since 1999; and is currently the Lead Clinical Senior Dental Nurse for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, covering 25 Community Dental Service clinic across the whole of North Wales and remaining clinical as well as moving up the management pathways. Her specialties are Sedation, General Anaesthetics, Special Care and also patient and staff wellbeing. She is currently part of the Senior Management and Improvement Team for NWCDS. She is also a member of the College of General Dentistry Dental Nurse/Ortho Therapy Faculty Board since September 2024 and previous Examiner at NEBDN from 2004 to 2014. A first language Welsh speaker, one of Carolyn’s goals is to help increase membership of Welsh speakers and possibly look at developing resources in Welsh. Carolyn is currently studying for a BSc (Hons) in Public Health and Wellbeing. Carolyn’s aspirations are to raise the profile of Dental Nursing in North Wales in both professional and academic aspects both locally and nationally. She is passionate about career development and committed to being an advocate for this.