Dr. Jane Daly is originally from Keansburg, New Jersey. In 1977 she graduated Cum Laude from the University of Delaware with a degree in Nursing. She was a Dean’s Scholar and member of Sigma Theta Tau honor society. After graduation she moved to Maryland and practiced as a surgical head and neck oncology nurse at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, MD, and continued her education at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in the top 5% of her class. Other achievements included membership in Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Dental Society, Gorgas Odontological Society and she received the Academy of Women Dentists Outstanding Student Award.