Undergraduate School and Major: University of Washington, BS Public Health
Medical School: University of Washington
Life/professions/adventures prior to attending medical school: worked for a very long time at Redhook Brewery (you got 2 cases of beer with each paycheck…) and other food service industry jobs
Interests / Hobbies: trail running, mountain biking, skiing, building/maintaining an old and rusty Chevy Van conversion; teaching my dog, Charlee, to do outdoor things with me, occasionally climbing tall mountains
Favorite Food: pizza+beer (that’s one food right?), chocolate chip cookies
Favorite Novels: We Were the Lucky Ones; Where the Crawdads Sing
Favorite Movie: Zero Dark Thirty
Favorite Hike: super secret trail outside of Leavenworth, WA (ask nice and I’ll take you)
Favorite Ski Trail: far skier’s left on the backside of Steven’s Pass (WA); anything at Lookout Mountain (ID)
Favorite Beach (doesn’t have to be in Maine): La Caleta, Cadiz, Spain
Closest brush with a famous person: went skydiving next to Josh Duhammel
Celebrity I most resemble: Rose Lavelle, US Women’s National Soccer Team
Craziest / Best / Worst Job: wedding caterer
If I weren’t a doctor I would be: own a bakery/brewery in a mountain town named “The Dusty Muffin” – the nickname we call our dog when she gets dusty after a long day on the trail (truthfully this may happen alongside being a doctor…)
Medical Interests: rural EM, women’s health in EM, wilderness medicine, public health
Personal Goals: run my age in miles on my birthday! Started at 30 and trying to keep it going
Favorite Place in Maine: tbd… I had never been to Maine before Matching!
Why MMC: just got that got fit during my interview and couldn’t stop thinking about it after!!