Sprinkle is an instructor with the Cytology Program in the College of Allied Health Professions (CAHP), University of Nebraska Medical Center. She received her bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2014. Her love of science and compassion for healthcare lead her to UNMC for a post-baccalaureate certificate in cytotechnology. Upon her cytology graduation in 2016, Sprinkle worked for four years as a cytotech for a local hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. After joining the cytology faculty in 2020, Sprinkle pursued a master’s from UNMC in health professions teaching and technology, graduating in 2022.

As a cytology student (2016), Sprinkle received the UNMC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs - E-Learning Student Program Award for the creation of an e-module titled “Rapid On-Site Evaluation (ROSE). Her involvement with e-modules continued in 2020 when she again received the UNMC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs - E-Learning Student Program Award as a faculty advisor for the creation of two more student-developed e-modules titled Companion Technologies: Molecular Diagnostics.

Sprinkle actively serves on the CAHP curriculum committee and CAHP alumni council. At a national level, she assists on the membership committee for the Digital Pathology Association (DPA). She has represented advancements in UNMC cytology education through publications and presentations locally and nationally.