Previously, Houchin served as a nurse practitioner at the St. Mary’s Medical Center Emergency Department. She also worked as a nurse practitioner for Med Express Urgent Care centers. Houchin has experience serving as a RN and charge nurse at King’s Daughters Medical Center and as a preceptor at St. Mary’s Emergency Department.

Houchin completed a Master’s in the Science of Nursing degree in 2014 from Walden University, Minneapolis, Minn., and is a certified Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner. She earned a Bachelor’s in Nursing degree from Marshall University in 2007.