Sara Williams

Get to know Professor Sara Williams: New nursing faculty member

Professor Sara Williams stands outside on campus on a sunny daySara Williams, Indigenization Learning Specialist with the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Windsor, leads the integration of Indigenous knowledge, perspectives, and ways of learning across nursing education (KYLE ARCHIBALD/University of Windsor)

By Sara Meikle

Sara Williams knew she wanted to be a nurse by the time she was in Grade 6.

The pull toward health care came early, shaped by childhood visits to the hospital where her mother worked as a lab technician in Port Huron, Mich.

Annual “bring your child to work” days offered Williams an up-close look at patient care — and sparked an early fascination with the role of the nurse.

She carried that certainty into her first year of nursing school — until reality hit.