Abbey Roepke is a nurse practitioner whose passion for global health started during a community health rotation in an adult literacy center supporting Somalian refugees. From that point on, Abbey has pursued a career focused on lessening inequalities throughout global health systems. She worked as a nurse in cardiothoracic surgery and cardiology ICUs for over 10 years and, in 2017, earned her Master of Public Health and Family Nurse Practitioner degrees. She has practiced in Federally Qualified Health Centers as a nurse practitioner and as a manager of complex care and social service programs. Currently, she works as an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program and works as a Nurse Practitioner at the UCSF Screening and Acute Care Clinic.

Throughout her career, she has volunteered with global and local health organizations. In Vietnam and Nepal, she worked as a nurse educator to build the nursing capacity of intensive care units. Additionally, in Kenya, she dedicated her time to strengthening community education programs. She has also worked for Seed Global Health as a nurse educator in Uganda.

Currently, she is working with the USCF Center for Global Health Nursing to support a partnership between UCSF and Partners in Health, providing mentorship to Haitian Emergency Nurse Practitioner students.