I am a clinical informaticist at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center for the San Francisco's Department of Public Health. Concurrent to my role as a clinical informaticist, I continue to work at the bedside as a registered nurse and also a nurse practitioner. A clinical informaticist essentially serves as the liaison between the clinicians and the information technology department. Those forms, those buttons, those templates that clinicians see when they log into the computer, into the system, we help build those. I also build reports for our infection preventionists that we use for keeping track of infectious diseases. I like working as a clinical informaticist because I am able to leverage my experience as a bedside nurse and as a provider and translate that into IT-related build. So what I build, I'm also able to use at the bedside when I take care of patients. Recently, I completed the Master of Science in Informatics at San Jose State University. It was my first fully online program. At first, it was challenging. I had to adjust. I normally used to in-class setting, being able to interact with my peers and professors face to face. But the professors actually made the transition very seamless for me. They're very flexible and they're actually easy to contact whenever I have questions or I need to request for an extension for an assignment or a paper. My cohort was very diverse. So we came from different backgrounds. Some were clinicians. They have health care backgrounds and some were purely IT professionals. Our professors were experts in their own fields. I think the demand for the informaticists will continue to grow as information technology becomes more integrated with the health care industry. There is going to be an increase in the demand for clinicians with a background in IT. I find my role as a clinical informaticist and also as a patient care clinician. Very rewarding. I know I make a difference in people's lives and that's why I chose this career.