Tell us about your family? Husband, Mike.

Pets: Sage, 6 year old English Setter

Hometown: Mapleton, Iowa

College: Undergrad: Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine: Iowa State University

Job/Business:  Associate veterinarian at: Animal Clinic of Council Bluffs and Glenwood Veterinary Clinic

What are your favorite restaurant(s) in Omaha? Twisted Fork, M’s Pub, Wheatfield’s

What other organizations are you affiliated with? Rotary Club in Council Bluffs 

What is your favorite song?

Cross My Heart by George Strait

What is your favorite thing to do on a day off?

Be outside and active!  Hiking, biking, walking with Sage, etc.

What is your favorite season and why?

Fall.  I love the colors, smells, cooler weather, wearing sweaters and scarves, volleyball and football seasons, etc.

If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?   Italy

What is your favorite book or the last good book you read?

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

What is the most unique or interesting thing about you that most people probably don’t know?

I grew up on a street with no other children; my first friends were 65+!

If you had a theme song, what would it be?

My husband says it would be Eddie Murphy’s, “Party All The Time”.

What is one of your favorite quotes?

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”-Eleanor Roosevelt.