My name is Michelle Otto. I'm an adult nurse practitioner. I work at the Community Cancer Center in Culpeper, Virginia. I see patients who are undergoing treatment for a variety of cancers. We see cancers from melanoma, breast, to colorectal, head and neck. I will see them, initially at diagnosis, and then throughout their treatment. And then we also see patients who have completed treatment. We see them in our survivorŐs clinic. In high school, I had a respiratory arrest. I was taken to the emergency room and there was a nurse there named Dixie that I will always remember. And I admired her and I decided that I wanted to do something to help others. When I tell people that I am an oncology nurse practitioner, they always say, "Oh, how depressing." We see patients that are 5, 10, 20 years survivors of cancer. It's not depressing. You're helping people, making them feel better, having a better quality of life, extending their life. So in fact, oncology is very rewarding. We provide treatment for them and they're living a quality life. The pain is gone. They're able to do the things that they need to on a daily basis. So that gives me a lot of satisfaction to know that I have helped somebody.