President and Manager, Thistle Byre Farm, currentlyNurse Practitioner with Logansport Memorial Hospital...2009- 2017Speaker, Health and Agricultural Issues...especially as it relates to women in agriculture, organic farming and foods and their influences on health......currentlyHooiser Leadership Series, Class of 2018Past roles have included:Assistant Pioneer Junior High School Track Coach, 2018Office Manager of Occupational Medicine for Arnett ClinicDirector of the Women's Department for Indiana Farm BureauNurse Practitioner with Logansport Family Health CareFloral Designer for Wright's Flowers and The Rustic Bouquet while at PurdueTA Microbiology and Horticulture 360 (Floral Design) at PurdueResidence Hall Counselor and Staff Resident for 5 years at Purdue Graduate of the American School of Floral Design, Chicago, ILStaff Nurse at Lafayette Home HospitalSpecialties and Speaking Topics:Down and Dirty- Agriculture's New WrinklesWhy Organic Food is Best! ....The story of a high spraying, GMO planting farmer's daughter converted...Sustainable and Organic Farming- Agriculture's Bottom-line---It's Necessity, Our Health...YOU Are What We Eat!Metabolic Syndrome- It's NOT all your genes!Type II Diabetes Management - The Good NewsWeight Loss and Lifestyle Coaching- Finding Your CenterComplimentary Medicine---Are Drugs the ONLY Answer?Frugal Living- Cooking Outside the Box - Cooking from Scratch in Limited TimeWhat's all the Fuss? Real Food. Whole Food.Finding Joy in Simply Living- Enriching Your Family's LifeThe "Good Life" on a BudgetTurkey Broth and Tenacity- The GAPS Diet Made SimpleWaistline Woes- The Role Nonnutritive Sweeteners Play in DiseaseGrow, Cook and Heal- Gardening and Cooking Real Food SimplyEasy Canning- Capture the Flavors of Summer in a JarSimple Solutions- Everyday Organic LivingThrowing In The Trowel- Fall IdeasGrowing Food CommunitiesThe Farm to Fork and Grain to Glass--Food Revolution