Graciela Marje is a Rio Grande Valley native with 24 years of nursing experience in the field of Gastroenterology. She graduated from University of Texas-Pan American in 1997 with her Associate degree in Nursing and furthered her nursing career with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2015 and Master of Science in Nursing -Family Nurse Practitioner in 2018, both from Chamberlain University. She is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She is a bilingual Family Nurse Practitioner who is excited to join South Texas Research Institute and bring awareness of liver disease and clinical research studies to the citizens of the Rio Grande Valley.