As a former fitness trainer, Gabby loved helping others become the healthiest, happiest versions of themselves and that opportunity led her to chiropractic, with the encouragement of her parents and her uncle, who is a chiropractor.
![Gabby Giordano, Palmer West student, smiling in purple clinic polo.](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/gabby-giordano-thumbnail.jpg)
Dr. Chen returned to Canada and began immediately advocating for chiropractic. She became a board member at the British Columbia Chiropractic Association. At the time, Dr. Chen was the youngest member and the only Asian female chiropractor on the board. In 2007, she opened her own practice, Health First Family Chiropractic and is now expanding!
![Palmer College of Chiropractic logo](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/palmer-logo-thumbnail.jpg.jpg)
Our Palmer West Intern Spotlight for the month of January 2022 is 12th quarter student Kelly Schweitzer.
![Kelly Schweitzer smiling in white clinic coat.](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/kelly-schweitzer-thumbnail.jpg)
Shanna Buller-Sáenz, D.C., (West, ’20) credits her desire to become a chiropractor because of the example her father and brother set.
“I became a chiropractor because my father and brother are both chiropractors. Growing up, I spent a lot of time in my father’s office. I got to see the benefits of chiropractic and how it truly changed people's lives.”
![Shanna Buller-Saenz outdoor portrait.](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/buller-saenz-shanna-thumbnail.jpg)
Our Intern Spotlight for the month of December 2021 is recent graduate Kayla Gloisten.
![Kayla Gloisten in white clinic coat in front of Palmer building.](https://www.palmer.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/iotm-kayla-gloisten-thumbnail.jpg)