Apparently she is and has been a busy woman. She is currently a candidate for the Illinois State Senate.
She has a:
B. A. in psychology;
B. S. in biology;
B .H. S. as a Physicians Assistant;
Law Degree;
Masters Degree in Bioethics and Healthy Policy;
And is working on a Masters Degree in Public Health.
She is a Doctor, an attorney, a US Army veteran(a Major) and was a Benedictine Nun for 5 years.
She'd certainly make a fantastic nominee for either Surgeon General or to replace Kathleen Sebelious as Secretary of Health and Human (dis)Services.