“I am a student, a teacher, a doctor, and a devoted mother and wife. I have known since kindergarten I needed to be a doctor, but I learn something new from my patient’s every day. When I am not multitasking on one hand, I am multitasking on the other. I am passionate about instilling the love of reading to all my patients, but in particular the preschoolers. I love to garden (long stem roses are my specialty), enjoy cooking, hiking and have been called a bird whisperer. I will have another dog in my life again soon and I want to be remembered for saying: “Find an excuse to laugh with your kids every day. It is the best medicine.”