Glaze joins Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center

ODESSA – Daniel Glaze has joined the staff of Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center as a nurse practitioner, bringing the current staff to four full-time providers. He joins family nurse practitioners Kyle Anderson and Ruby Ayers and licensed social worker James DeDeaux. His first day on the job was January 4.

Glaze, 42, is a native of the Florida panhandle, from a town near Pensacola. He and his wife Kayla, also a Florida native, have two children, a daughter Sidalee, 13, and a son Kameron, 9. Kayla is an English teacher, currently teaching sixth grade at Beulah Middle School in the Florida panhandle, although she has also taught at the high school level.

She and Sidalee, a sixth-grader, will remain in Florida until the school year ends in May. The couple visited Odessa when they were considering the job offer several months ago and felt it was a good fit for them. Both are from small towns in Florida. On top of that, Kayla has cousins who live in Ephrata, Wash., so they will have some family nearby. Daniel says they are excited about exploring Washington and seeing the state's many wonders.

Currently, Daniel and Kameron are living in the motor home that brought them here from Florida, and Kameron attends school in the third grade at Odessa elementary.

Daniel received his undergraduate degree from the University of Western Florida in Pensacola. He then pursued graduate study, ultimately receiving a doctoral degree in Nursing Practice from Florida State University in Tallahassee. He has been working in nursing for the past 15 years and has experience in critical care, urgent care and procedural nursing.

The Glazes also have two shepherd dogs that belong to their family. They will be searching for a three- or four-bedroom home in Odessa.