Anna Pieper is a senior nursing student at Missouri State University. Pieper is from O’Fallon, Missouri, and attended St. Dominic High School.

Her favorite course has been fundamentals of human anatomy.

“The human body is so interesting & there is just so much to learn,” Pieper said.

For Pieper, the best part of being a Bear is the amazing friends she has made.

“I have gotten to make some of the best memories here on campus,” she said.

After graduation, Pieper will be working in the NICU at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis.

“I am so blessed to be working with these sweet babies and their families.”