Véronique Dorais Ram attended McGill University and completed an honours B.A. and M.A. in English literature. Her love of Canadian family sagas brought her across the country to Calgary to complete a PhD in Canadian fiction. She joined the Leaders in Medicine program in the Cumming School of Medicine. She completed her residency in the Rural Family Medicine Program with the University of Calgary in Lethbridge. When she isn’t working, she can be found playing with her three children, running, writing, or singing Broadway tunes.