When I was discharged from the military, I did not know what I wanted to do. I took a position as a medical assistant in a private medical practice. This started my ascent up the nursing ladder. I enrolled in an accelerated Bachelor of Nursing at University of Maryland. This led me back to working in an emergency and trauma. I went back about 5 years later for my master's degree at Maryland. This gave me the opportunity to edit book chapters and other publications. My passion is teaching patients and students. This is what I like to pass on. My teaching approach is to find a way to make a topic relevant to the person. For myself, I have taken my love of science and combine it with history and travel. I have travelled to Scotland on several occasions where I saw the place that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born. His most famous character, Sherlock Holmes was based off one of his professors, Dr. joseph Bell. This is where fiction meets reality. Dr. Bell served as a 'police surgeon" and was an early founder for forensics. Outside of work, I express my creativity in crafts which I use to decorate my exam rooms. This translates into people feeling more comfortable.