Kim Dotson is an enrolled member of the Colville Confederated Tribes in Washington State who has worked in health care for thirty-four years, over twenty of those years as a physician’s assistant. She has also worked in primary care medicine, urgent care, correctional healthcare, and pain management. With a heart for service, she has gone on two short-term medical missions to Ethiopia. She has two children and has been married to her best friend for twenty-eight years. A Montana girl at heart, she currently makes her home in Spokane, Washington, and enjoys hiking, cycling, running, and photography.