Helen Weismeyer obtained her B.S. degree at La Sierra College (now La Sierra University) in Riverside, CA, followed by an M.S. degree at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA. After forty years of teaching, she retired from the Health and Exercise Science department at her alma mater.She has been fortunate to have traveled to 60 countries, with the best trip being an African safari. On every trip, she took a bag of dry cat food to feed stray cats and take their pictures!