Name: Molly M. Francis

Tribe: The Confederated Tribes of Colville

Hometown: Spokane, Washington

Currently, I am a third year dental student at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health in Mesa, Arizona. I got my BA in English-Irish Studies from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska which didn’t help much with preparing for a career in dentistry but allowed me to visit Ireland where most of my Mom’s family lives and fall in love with my favorite place on earth Galway. I am happy to be in Mesa and away from the rain but find myself not being able to handle the cold like I use to when I go home. I am originally from Spokane, Washington and I love to ski, read, travel, and cook. My family is very small as I have two brothers and am stuck in the middle. My Dad has been a homicide detective for 20+yrs and my Mom is a Med Tech at Deaconess Hospital. With only one year left in school I hope to get lots of experience and travel as much as I can, as I am going to Atlantis South Africa this summer on a medical-dental mission. Next year I will be back in and around Washington State for a few rotations and in Colorado and Maine.