Nancy Knode completed her bachelors degree in 1980 at The Evergreen State College, where her work focused on nutrition and biochemistry.  After raising three children, she went back to school to earn a masters degree from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, graduating in 2000.  As part of her clinical training, she worked in a clinic in Huangzho, China.  In 2001, Nancy opened Harbor Healing Center in downtown Kingston, where she practices acupuncture and Chinese herbal therapy.

Nancy has lived in the Hansville community since 1981.