Vera, who joined the Process Board in 2006, took the Process in 1989 and has also served as Process Assistant four times since then. At her suggestion, both her wife and her brother also went through the Process. In addition to crediting the Process for making her life livable, she is also very proud of her “Process-strong” family and friends network. After a rich 35-year career in medical research and hospice administration, she occupies her time doing contract work for a local pharmaceutical company and running two households – her own and that of her 93-year-old father-in-law. Oh, and being utterly dominated by two cats.