**Leader, Educator, Practitioner, and Scholar**

In December 1999, Chalonda graduated with a Bachelor in Radiological Sciences with honors (cum laude). She was employed as a technologist in the Radiology Department at UAB Hospital. Shortly afterwards, she was offered and accepted an interim supervisor position. Additionally, she was appointed to the position of Clinical Instructor for the students in the UAB Radiography Program. In 2003, she held the positions of Academic Clinical Coordinator and Instructor for the UAB Radiography Program and was a liaison between several clinical affiliates and the radiography program. In 2006, she graduates from UOP, earning a Master of Arts in Education/ Curriculum and Instruction with honors (magna cum laude).  May 2008, she became MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) certified. In 2009, she became certified in CT (Computed Tomography). In 2009, she also began working as an Assistant Professor and CT/MRI Academic Clinical Director for the UAB’s Nuclear Medicine Program. She developed, taught, and managed all aspects of the online CT and MRI concentrations. She taught B.S. Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapist students, certified Radiographers, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Therapy Professionals. In 2010, she became the Online Radiography Program Director at Pima Medical Institute. She led over 100 students and 20 faculty per semester. In 2015, she became the CEO/President of The Thomas Institute of Health Professions and has trained hundreds of students each year since.

Professional attributes she has made to her profession includes being: Selected ASRT 2017 Speaker, Vice President of the Birmingham Regional Society and serving as a member on several professional organizations. She is IRB certified and served as an investigator on several research studies for the UAB School of Medicine. She has authored two chapters (Contrast Media and MRI Primer) for the Steve’s Review of Nuclear Medicine Preparation for Certification Examination (4th edition).