Hayley McHugh has been water skiing since she was 8, and started competing at 13. A chiropractor helped her with back pain, inspiring her to enroll at Palmer West.
![Hayley McHugh, Palmer West student, at pinning ceremony](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-hayley-mchugh-thumbnail.jpg)
Gwen graduated high school with an associate's degree and graduated from undergrad at 19. Now, she's following her childhood dream to become a chiropractor.
![Gwen Majercin, Palmer Florida student, studying](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-gwen-majercin-thumbnail.jpg)
Vivian Ly (West, ’18) felt that Palmer prepared her for success by providing an education backed by clinical rotations and preceptorship opportunities such as the one-year VA Connecticut Residency Program.
![Vivian Ly, D.C. (West, '18)](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-vivian-ly-thumbnail.jpg)
Palmer alumnus Morgan Cark has a practice in northern California, where she says she's the only doctor within a three-hour radius other than emergency care.
![Morgan Clark, D.C.](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-morgan-clark-thumbnail.jpg)
Spurred on by her brother's experiences, Cynthia King would like to open her own practice but also research the benefits of managing pain for others with spina bifida.
![Palmer Florida student Cynthia King](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-cynthia-king-thumbnail.jpg)