Daughter of Holocaust survivors grew up in communist Prague, experienced Six Day and Yom Kippur wars from distance, but lived through Prague Spring and Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Escaped to Canada in 1976 where she finished her MD. Continued further training in pathology and PhD at Mayo Clinic. Currently a professor of Pathology at University of Georgia in Athens GA, USA and is engaged in biomedical research and education of medical students. She is a member of Academic Engagement Network or AEN. She and her husband live in Athens, they have three married sons and eight grandchildren who bring them a lot of nachos.