I grew up in Colorado and went to graduate school and medical school at the University of Colorado. My family and I moved to Oregon to complete my dermatology residency at Oregon Health & Science University. We fell in love with the Pacific Northwest and are very excited to call Portland home. I feel honored to be a dermatologist and chose the specialty because I love both its medical and surgical components as well as the opportunity to treat members of all ages. As the body’s largest organ, the skin not only serves as our barrier to external insults but can be a window to internal disease as well. I find the diseases that can derive from or manifest in the skin fascinating and gratifying to diagnose and treat.