Dinez “Dee” Swanson, DNP, RN serves as the State Director of Nursing for Western Governors University Texas. Swanson joined WGU in 2017 as lab supervisor and clinical operations supervisor. She has been in nursing for 22 years, and her clinical background is in women’s services and pediatrics. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s in nursing from Texas Woman’s University and Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Walden University.
Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff is a reporting fellow for The Texas Tribune.
Karen Brooks Harper is an Austin-based freelance writer for the Texas Tribune.
Sarah Holliday is a writer and editor. She received her B.A. as a University Scholar from Baylor University before earning an M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Vanderbilt University. She lives in Plano, TX with her husband and their four rescue animals.
