I graduated from the University of Iowa College of Nursing in 1978 with an interest in Psychiatric nursing. I worked at the Veterans Hospital for 6 years before going into a nurse anesthesia program in Minneapolis. Always a Hawkeye, I returned to Iowa and provided anesthesia in Des Moines for 6 years and Newton for 8 years before going to Virginia for 20 years. I returned to Iowa in 2021 and am a staff CRNA at UIHC. I have since completed study for a PhD in Health Psychology and am developing a manuscript of my dissertation for publication.