I have lived all over but think of Moscow, Idaho, a small university town and farming community, as my hometown. I got my start in teaching as an undergraduate by working as a peer tutor in the Math Lab at UC Denver. I wanted the job so badly that to get my foot in the door I assembled all of the Lab’s new computer desks over spring break. I have been teaching ever since and am thrilled to be doing it now at Trinity. My research focuses on the physics of living systems, usually at the cellular level. Often this work involves studying experimental models, i.e., artiRcial cells, that retain one or several properties of living cells. These experiments employ microscopy techniques to make measurements that can be compared to theoretical calculations.