During this time she transitioned her nursing care to that of medically fragile infants and children with special needs working per-diem with these children in their home environments. At Long Island University she taught across both the undergraduate and graduate nursing education curricula and particularly enjoyed classroom interactions and helping students discover and develop a sense of inquiry while forging structured learning habits coined ‘rewiring the thinking process’. She was a co -investigator on a HRSA grant that provided opportunities for Hispanic students to successfully complete the rigors of the nursing program- from classroom to NCLEX and beyond. After taking early retirement in 2016, she spent the next three years at Medgar Evers College and embarked on a two -year plan to receive full accreditation of the nursing program which was successfully completed and obtained in 2019.
To date- though retired from all full-time activities, she continues to work per-diem with ‘her dream job, for children with special needs.
In addition, Dr. Sanderson-Marcoux works with organizations focused on promoting opportunities for underrepresented and disadvantaged youth and young adults as it relates to health care, education, and workforce needs. She is a board member of Health Work force New York (HWNY), Health Workforce Collaborative, Trinidad and Tobago Nurses Association of America, Brooklyn Queens Long Island Area Health Education Center (BQLI-AHEC), where she serves as Board Chair, and recently joined the Coalition of Concerned Health Care Professionals.
Dr. Sanderson-Marcoux’s latest achievement and a life-long dream was realized in June 2025 when she published a series of 6 children’s books under the pen name of Mary Marcoux, continuing to champion her passion- children with special needs.
