Lisa Catterall received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Calif. State University, Chico in 1979. She worked as a registered nurse in labor and delivery in Florida, Arizona and California for 5 years and then attended the University of Arizona to receive her Certificate of Nurse-Midwifery in 1983. She established the first nurse-midwifery service in Chico, receiving Allied Health Professional privileges in 1984 at Enloe Medical Center. Since then she has attended over 2500 women in childbirth. She has been a chapter chairperson for the American College of Nurse-Midwives and is a founding member of the Calif. Nurse-Midwifery Association. Lisa has taught childbirth classes thru Butte College and is currently enrolled in the Master of Science in nursing program at CSU, Chico, expecting to complete her thesis on distance education for graduate level nurses. Lisa is married to Steve, a jeweler, who has been wonderfully supportive for 25 years and has two children - Chelsea and Seth. She is an avid gardener, loves to travel and is working on a mountain cabin in McCloud Ca.