Mandy is passionate about building relationships with her patients and educating them on how to live with less pain.
![Palmer West student Mandy Wong](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-mandy-wong-thumbnail.jpg)
Mabel was a close and valued adviser to her husband. She was a popular lecturer throughout the chiropractic profession and became known as The First Lady of Chiropractic. She formed the Sigma Phi Chi professional sorority in 1911.
![Mabel Palmer, D.C., F.P.A.C.](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-mabel-palmer-thumbnail.jpg)
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)