She currently works at the University of Minnesota and Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. She has been going to bleeding disorders camp since childhood as a young woman with a bleeding disorder and has a passion for helping young people learn self-reliance and resilience. She earned an MPH in Community Health Education from the University of Minnesota in 1999 and worked as a health educator before going to PA school. She enjoys traveling and has done medical volunteer work in Mexico and China.