Nelly has been a member of John Abbott College faculty since the start of the Paramedic Care Program in 2008.

She started her career in EMS at Dawson College in the Paramedic Program as a student and later became a teacher in Pre-hospital Care at the same college.

Nelly is currently an Advanced-Care Paramedic licensed in the state of New York where she practices.

She is also a PHTLS (Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support) instructor and has traveled to Senegal and Ghana to teach PHTLS to United Nations soldiers..