Laurel Gamm is a retired family physician, having practiced family and emergency medicine in rural MN for over 25 years. In 2012 she worked in Central African Republic as a pediatric hospitalist with Doctors Without Borders. After returning home she and her husband moved to St. Paul. MN where she provided primary care to adults experiencing homelessness from 2013- 2023. She is mother of 4 and grandmother of 3 boys. She operates a neighborhood laundromat and community gathering place called Beautiful Laundrette. She is a 2024 graduate of Shalem Institute’s Contemplative Leadership Program – Transforming Community Program.