Lesley Harbison, RDH, MSDH, is an associate professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at Pacific University in Hillsboro, Oregon. A practicing dental hygienist since 2000, she is a member of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association and serves as treasurer and past president of the Oregon Dental Hygienists’ Association. Harbison’s professional interests include increasing access to care, the geriatric population, ethics and empathy in dental hygiene, and advancing the dental hygiene profession. She can be reached at lesley.harbison@pacificu.edu