Dr. Tracy Hicks is a dual certified APRN in Family Practice and Psychiatric Mental Health. She received her BSN from the University of Texas at Tyler in 2010, Master’s and Post Master’s degrees from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2013 and 2015, and Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Frontier Nursing University in 2017, MBA in 2023 from Texas Christian University.

She holds a certification in addictions through the Addictions Nursing Certification Board, Diversity & Inclusion through Cornell University, and licensed Diversity & Inclusion Trainer through Empowered Living.

She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Addictions Nurses and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society of Nursing as well as local, state, and national NP organizations. She serves on committees for the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), Texas Nurse Practitioners, and the International Nursing Society on Addictions.

She serves on the Board of Directors for Texas Nurse Practitioners and the AAHIVM as well as Co-Chair for the Texas Steering Committee and appointed to the Texas Health and Human Services Behavioral Advisory Committee.

She has served as a content expert for Barkley Associates, American Nurses Association, and on a review panel for the Center for Disease Control (CDC) mental health division for HIV/AIDS.

She is the owner of C-Trilogy Comprehensive Clinical Care serving mental health, addiction, and primary care health needs established in 2015 and established a non- profit C-Trilogy Outreach in 2020 during the pandemic and has since received grant funding from SAMHSA for planning, development, and implementation of a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic.

She has provided mental health services to county jail system and other underserved populations.

She served as the inaugural Program Coordinator in BSN-DNP Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program and Diversity Champion Faculty Fellow for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and co-chair of the University DEI committee at Texas Christian University (TCU) where she promoted education on addiction and care of those living with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. She is now the inaugural PMHNP Track Coordinator for the University of Nort Texas Health Science Center.

Her goal is to improve care in marginalized and disparate populations.