Pepperdine alumna Laura Carmichael ('02) is currently working with a team to provide safe care on the labor and delivery floor at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah, WA.

"As an ARNP and hospital midwife, my amazing team at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah is continuing to provide safe and loving care for our moms, babies, and families on the floor of labor and delivery. We are blessed to have an incredible team who have proven to be flexible, tireless (per their usual) and unbelievably resilient during this chaotic time. I am truly honored to work alongside these nurses, doctors and midwives. Babies are still being born and it's our job to make sure this is done in an increasingly safe and competent way. I love what I do and COVID-19 has not stopped or changed that." ——劳拉·卡迈克尔（2002年）