Amy Jo Preisler travelled with Andean Community Partners (ACP) to the Sacred Valley of Peru and the village of Huilloc on a medical and volunteer mission trip. While there, she quickly realized it was a life-changing experience that would stay with her forever.

Like many Andean villages, Huilloc is a remote community that is underserved by both public and private entities.

What happens behind the scenes sets the stage for incredible moments when guests feel the magic and make lifelong memories, thanks to Teena Sauvola and other talented professionals like her. Sauvola is a designer and art director for internationally branded theme parks, such as Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and Universal Studios. She is part of a team that not only designs attractions, but also entire parks following a master plan.

Bobbi Schamberger ’90 spent nearly three decades in a career she loved at Gundersen Health System, working 17 years as a nurse in the ICU and 10 in outpatient surgery.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in biology, Julia Johnson was unsure of her preferred career choice. Knowing she wanted to work in health care, Johnson took a CNA course and accepted a nurse tech position at a long-term care facility in Osseo.

She quickly discovered patient care was the field for her.

When Scott Mihalovic was approached with the offer to be the first William Medland Chair of Educational Leadership, university officials didn’t know just how deep of an honor it would be to him.

Mihalovic has been at Viterbo for 10 years, overseeing the university’s educational leadership graduate and certificate programs. His connection with Viterbo, however, goes back much longer.

When William Medland came to Viterbo College in 1991, hired as the institution’s seventh president, he planned to stay for five years. By the time he stepped down as president in 2006, Viterbo had experienced 15 years of growth and transformation, going from a college undergoing financial difficulties to a financially secure, full-fledged university that had experienced 13 straight years of record enrollment.