Mrs. Cynthia Toth has been on the faculty of the UNCC SON since 1995. She earned her BSN at Eastern Michigan University and her MSN at Georgia State University. Mrs. Toth holds certification as a Nurse Educator from the National League for Nursing and is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator. She is a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist and teaches Nursing 3250, Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family and NURS 3440, Practicum for the Childbearing and Childrearing Family. During her tenure at UNCC she also has taught nursing skills, concepts of nursing, cultural issues in health, community health and nursing research. Research interests include the breastfeeding mother, gestational hypertension and student skills acquisition. Mrs. Toth is a board member for the Gamma Iota chapter of Sigma Theta Tau and the North Carolina section of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. She received the UNCC Faculty Woman of the Year Award in 2010 for her leadership and service to the university and community. Moreover, her practice has included medical surgical care, newborn intensive care, maternity and women’s health management, and labor and delivery. She is currently employed by Presbyterian Healthcare in Women’s Health Education.