Challis Long practices as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Before obtaining her Master of Science in Nursing at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas.

Long has eight years of experience as a Registered Nurse in burn care, pediatrics, ICU, Perioperative Nursing, Medical-surgical, and palliative/hospice.