guess.

You know, I grew up in Tampa Bay, Florida, with kind of early aspirations to become a physician and a surgeon.

I think a lot of those motivations came from the fact that my father's family for generations had struggled with cardiovascular disease, but also with early onset Alzheimer's.

So I think it fascinates me just the connection between the heart and the brain and certainly the discussions that we're having today about that.

But, you know, sometimes when you're in high school, I think life can take you in maybe some different directions than you originally wanted.

And my mom got sick and I had to stay home and stay close to home and I needed to get through school quickly.

And nursing gave me the opportunity to be in health care, to be in patient care, but to do just that, to get out in the workforce.

Help me understand that challenge a bit.

guess.

You know, I grew up in Tampa Bay, Florida, with kind of early aspirations to become a physician and a surgeon.

I think a lot of those motivations came from the fact that my father's family for generations had struggled with cardiovascular disease, but also with early onset Alzheimer's.

So I think it fascinates me just the connection between the heart and the brain and certainly the discussions that we're having today about that.

But, you know, sometimes when you're in high school, I think life can take you in maybe some different directions than you originally wanted.

And my mom got sick and I had to stay home and stay close to home and I needed to get through school quickly.

And nursing gave me the opportunity to be in health care, to be in patient care, but to do just that, to get out in the workforce.

What, what, what, what, what, or moved to the pelvis? What was the, why was it, why was that the more prudent path for intuitive to go in and talk about the challenges of heart at the time? Because I think it's going to be important to explain why we're sort of where we're at today and on a surer path.