Monica Elston Carter, FNP

Monica Elston Carter, widely known as Monica the NP, is a Maryland native and award-winning Family Nurse Practitioner with over 15 years of experience in women’s health. She currently practices full-time in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Washington, DC, with a strong focus on disease prevention, health promotion, and reducing maternal morbidity and mortality. Monica holds an appointed position on the District of Columbia Perinatal Quality Collaborative, where she collaborates with healthcare leaders to improve maternal outcomes across the region.

 

A proud alumna of Hampton University and Georgetown University, Monica is also the creator and lead instructor of The Compensation Course - a modern negotiation guide that has helped nurse practitioners secure over $6 million in employment contracts. She is the author of Salary Queen, a negotiation toolkit that empowers women with the strategies, scripts, and confidence to ask for what they deserve - and get it.

 

Through her coaching, speaking, and digital platforms, Monica has helped thousands of NPs successfully negotiate higher pay, better benefits, and the careers they’ve always wanted. When she’s not seeing patients or teaching negotiation, she’s in full mommy mode with her husband Ben, raising their spirited six-year-old triplet daughters.