I have a diverse career in work and education. My teaching career began after a long career in retail management. I enjoyed substitute teaching in Ravalli County, and a time in Frazer High School, Frazer, MT. Most recently I have been engaged in the details and implications of the Surgeon General's Report: Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation. This issue brings together many of the disparate interest from my studies for an M.B.A., M.Ed, an undergraduate degree in Religion, seminary training and Clinical Pastoral Training at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C.