Teresa Leininger:  

I’m a mother to 2 daughters ages 18 and 22. I love animals and have many pets. I enjoy working. I realize now that I should have been a veterinarian but instead I got my medical lab degree from the UW. Took me 5 years since I didn’t know what to major in. I love science so this degree ended up being perfect for me. I have worked in many hospital labs in Tacoma and Seattle . I moved to Pullman to heal and to find myself and my calling you could say . I worked as a lab tech at the vet hospital at WSU. I am a Husky and Cougar. I attended grad school in food science at WSU . I was in school for a year and a half before realizing that I liked being a med tech more. I loved helping people and animals not directly but in a behind-the-scenes sort of way hidden in a lab. Perfect for an introvert. I got the vet job and decided to stay in Pullman. My Seattle friends didn’t understand and some were not very supportive of my move. Well they’re not real friends I discovered. That vet job was my favorite of all my jobs and I learned to love Eastern WA. I was the happiest living there from 2009-2016. I felt that I belonged on the Palouse . The small town life is perfect for me. My second husband is fr...Expand for more