Anna Snipes is a veteran health science educator and mentor to other health science instructors. She is currently the South Carolina Health Science Educators Association's President- elect, serves on the SC HOSA Board of Directors, and was recently named SCACTE 2022 Teacher of the Year and SCHSE 2022 Teacher Educator of the year. Anna was among the first teachers in South Carolina to pilot a certified clinical medical assistant program and has now assisted teachers across not only South Carolina but also North Carolina and Georgia in getting CCMA programs up and going.