Eliza grew up in a small town outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota and later attended Luther College in Iowa. During the COVID-19 pandemic she served with AmeriCorps at a Federally Qualified Health Center in rural Wisconsin where she performed various quality improvement projects and coordinated a dental outreach program. She later attended medical school at University of Minnesota-Duluth Campus. While in medical school Eliza co-led research on barriers to maternity care for patients with limited English proficiency in rural Minnesota and spent her third year in the Rural Physicians Associate Program (RPAP), a nine-month longitudinal clerkship in Wadena, Minnesota. During RPAP Eliza had the privilege of following obstetric patients throughout their pregnancies and deliveries, motivating her to pursue ObGyn. Towards the end of medical school Eliza developed a podcast with her wife called the “Docs are Out” sharing the experiences of queer medical trainees. Eliza’s professional interests include improving access to obstetric care in rural communities, substance use in pregnancy, narrative medicine, and gender affirming care. In her time outside of medicine she enjoys being outdoors, journaling, trying new recipes, and spending time with her wife and two cats.