World Polio Day, Karin Lightfoot

Dr. Karin Lightfoot is a Registered Nurse who received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at Cal State Bakersfield, her Master of Science degree in Nursing at Chico State, and her PhD in Public Health at Walden University. She also holds a Nurse Leadership Certification from Duke University.

Throughout her nursing career, she worked in obstetrics and public health nursing, specializing in maternal-child health and communicable disease control. She began teaching Nursing at Chico State in 2007 and served as Director of the School of Nursing for 6 years.

She retired in 2023 as Professor Emeritus and now volunteers as District 5160 End Polio Chair. Karin and her husband, Robb have four adult children and they have hosted exchange students from around the world, including a young lady from Taiwan last year through Rotary Youth Exchange. In their retirement, they also became Travel Advisors.