Mahoganie volunteers her time to act as the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario’s (RNAO) Policy and Political Action ENO for the Palliative Care Nurse’s Interest Group for the past 5+ years and is currently the President. She has sat on the inaugural executive board of the Canadian Palliative Care Nursing Association as the Secretary/Treasurer and is the current President-elect. She has recently stepped into the Past Chair role for the Palliative Care Consultants Network (of Ontario). She works as a Registered Nurse, full time, as a Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultant throughout the Niagara Region and has worked bedside casually in both Niagara’s local hospices.

She has sat on the expert panel of the RNAO’s Best Practice Guideline’s committee for the current BPG: End of Life in the last 12 months: Adults with life-limiting and progressive illness (2020). Has spoken at Queen’s Park about the need for equity and accessibility for all to receive excellent Palliative Care through the development of the Compassionate Care Act, in December 2020 reached royal assent and became law. Finally, she has been honoured with several awards for her practice: Niagara’s 40 under 40 (2020), Nursing Now Ontario award for the RN category (2021), RNAO Leadership award in Political Action (2021) and Dorothy Monteith Scholarship (2022). She has just completed her Masters of Health Science in Bioethics. When she is not working, she also has volunteered her time at the St. Catharines CTS site, as a roller derby referee for the Niagara Roller Derby League or on adventures with her husband and dog