I am an assistant professor of psychology at Drury University in Springfield, MO. I am also the co-director of the women and gender studies minor. I have been a member of Missouri Jobs with Justice for about 4 years now and on the Workers Rights Board Steering Committee. I have been married to Mark Hall for nearly 3 years now. Right around the time of our wedding, Mark’s health insurance refused to cover a drug that had been successfully treating his chronic illness for over 13 years. We began a journey of new medications that didn’t work and are now fighting for the rights of patients to receive treatment at the directive of their doctors rather than their insurance companies.