Media has over 10 years of experience caring for neonatal patients in hospitals, with a particular interest in building awareness of the importance of neonatal skin care. In 2012 and 2013, she was nominated for the Nurse Excellence Award at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and she has also served as President of the Southern Wisconsin Chapter of NANN. She also completed the Maternal Child Health Leadership Academy, supported by Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) nursing honor society.
Media has presented on skin care nationally, including at the 2014 NANN Conference where she presented two Poster Presentations: Neonatal Skin Care with a Focus on Diaper Dermatitis: Creating and Implementing a Successful Policy Revision, and That Poor Little Bum! The Trials and Tribulations of Diaper Dermatitis.
Media earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Alverno College and a Master of Science in nursing from Stony Brook University. She is currently a working on a Nursing PhD at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and just completed coursework for wound and ostomy certification with Web WOCN.