I am the youngest of three siblings, raised in the foothills of Montana's mountains. Despite having many physicians in my family, I did not consider medicine as a career until college. I was majoring in genetics and English, but began to realize that I wanted a career where I could educate people individually and use my scientific and language skills to do this effectively. I had never been in the Southeast before interviewing at Emory Medical School, but I have lived here ever since. My internal medicine training was at University of Alabama - Birmingham, where I trained with some of the smartest and most compassionate doctors I have ever met. After residency, I married my husband and moved back to the Atlanta area. I joined a small private practice in the Alpharetta area. I very much enjoyed building relationships with my patients in private practice, but after having my second child, I decided to take a short break to be a stay-at-home mom. In 2014, I had the opportunity to join the Kaiser Permanente's Ambulatory Medicine Department, and I am delighted to have joined our team!