A Molecular and Computational Biologist by training with several years’ experience with teaching Anatomy Physiology, I joined the Department of Physiology as a Faculty Lecturer in the summer of 2011. For me, teaching at the University level is an unmitigated delight, a profound privilege, and an endeavor to which I aspired at a young age. What I find delightful about teaching is the freedom to pursue and refine one’s method of illuminating complex concepts. For example, I will often take a conversational approach in my lectures, using student questions and intentional “so, what are you saying” pauses to head-off potential misconceptions and clarify topics before proceeding. In the process, it is my constant hope that my genuine enthusiasm for, and my investment in student understanding of, Anatomy Physiology propels students to great success. It is important to me to always bear in mind the profound privilege of teaching at the University level. The opportunity to teach students, some of whom will become the best medical, policy, and scientific professionals of the future, is humbling, and it inspires me to be as knowledgeable and effective in my organization as I can possibly be. Simultaneously, playing a small but vital role in the professional journey of my students, it is my goal to also set an example for all of my students with solid professionalism and character. A wise, seasoned high school teacher once shared something in my senior economics class that I will never forget. She said, “sometimes I look around and say to myself ‘I can’t believe they actually pay me to do this, to do what I love, to teach.’” I feel the same way, and I hope that all of my students will one day be able to say the same, having arrived at that intersection to which both their greatest interests and their greatest talents have led them.