I grew up on a farm in Indiana with my parents and three siblings. I moved to Colorado to enjoy the mountains in 1999. After earning a degree in Spanish and Business from the University of Colorado at Boulder, I decided to pursue a rewarding career in health care. I continued my education to study medicine at the University of Colorado at Denver’s Physician Assistant program, and graduated in 2010. I began my career in a very busy community health center, and also moonlighted at a local urgent care. These experiences provided valuable knowledge in regards to managing chronic illness as well as more urgent conditions. I joined the Kaiser Permanente family in November of 2014, and am very happy to be a part of this health care model.