Aundrea Gee graduated in 1989 with her bachelor's degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies. She quickly learned the importance of connecting with people who also have great connections, as that is how a country girl from Ohio found her way to the wilds of Montana! She began her professional Recreation Therapy career at Deaconess Psychiatric Center shortly after graduation. Changes in state funding for mental health care led to a change in employment, and Aundrea became one of the recreation therapists on the inpatient rehabilitation unit at St. Vincent Healthcare. After 14 years on the rehab unit, she decided a change was needed, so she studied and passed the CPC exam and joined the medical coders at St. Vincent Healthcare. In 2014, she returned with her son to Ohio so he could attend Kent State University. A door opened for Aundrea to return to school and in 2016 she began coursework to complete her Master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling since working with people with disabilities has always been her passion. In 2018, she applied for and was accepted into Kent State's Counselor Education and Supervision (CES) Doctoral Program. In her doctoral program, it became painfully obvious that educating future counselors about disability was not a high priority. As one of only two rehab counselors in the CES doctoral program, she made it a point to bring a disability perspective to all of her classes. Aundrea is now a doctoral candidate at Kent State University. In addition, she is part-time faculty in the College of Health Professions and Science at Montana State University-Billings (MSU-B). She is excited to begin her new position as an assistant professor at MSU-B beginning fall semester, 2024.