I was raised in a Christian home. I grew up in church and attended youth group every week. I met my husband at our church's young adults group. We got married and I worked as an emergency and trauma nurse for several years. But my relationship with Christ really developed when I had the worst day of my life. I had a miscarriage. I struggled to understand how a loving God could let me feel so much pain. After a time of being angry with God, I started really seeking him, not to get blessings, nor because I felt it's what I should be doing. My goal was to really understand Him. I wanted to learn who He really is--beyond the God that I would ask for things-- and to really seek him. This journey led me away from my work in the emergency department and to the academic world. The desire to understand God led to me wanting to understand more things. This is where my research career really began. The story of how I ended up in Cincinnati is a little longer so we'll save that for another time!