Penny Hoch graduated from Punxsutawney Area High School in 1983. In 1990, she took a nursing assistant class at a local nursing home. She worked in that capacity until 1993 when she realized nursing was the career path of her choice. Hoch entered L.P.N. school at Lenape School of Practical Nursing in Ford City, PA. After graduating in 1994 from the practical nursing program, she began her career at the DuBois Nursing Home as a graduate practical nurse.
While working part-time at DuBois Nursing Home, she decided to enroll in the nursing program at Mount Aloysius College in 1997.

Due to being an L.P.N., she was able to take advantage of and was accepted into the accelerated course giving her an Associate Degree in Nursing upon graduating in the summer of 1998. She then returned as a full-time employee at DuBois Nursing Home until 2012. Penny was offered the position of Assistant Director of Nursing at St. Andrews Village in Indiana, PA. She stayed in that position until she was asked to be the Director of Nursing at Mulberry Square in Punxsutawney, PA, in 2014.

After four years at Mulberry Square, Hoch decided it was time to return to DuBois Nursing Home, where she began her nursing career. She was the Assistant Director of Nursing and then transitioned to the Director of Nursing. Penny has been a Registered Nurse for 24 years. Looking back on her journey and experiences, her passion is to continue to guide and direct her staff each and every day to ensure consistent care is provided to the residents and to the Community.