I am a native of St. Paul Minnesota. Attended undergraduate at Augustana University. Completed Medical school at the University of Minnesota in 1994. Residency in Family Practice at the University of Minnesota Fairview. I have been working at Fairview/ MHealth starting as a moonlighter and later as staff for 28 years in multiple roles, but primarily in the West Emergency Department. For 20 years I have had the pleasure of coordinating and teaching FP and Psychiatry residents, as well as 3rd and 4th year Medical students who rotate in our Emergency Department.