What motivates her to exercise and eat well? "I use to say so that I could climb a mountain at a drop of a hat or outrun someone on the court but now it is to keep up with a bubbling toddler. I also do it because in truth I have more energy when I push myself to exhaustion in the mornings than when I sit around!"

Sheila is a great example of what good training and attitude can do when they are combined. Her and Jake, a former Marine Corps Harrier pilot, are the proud parents of Konnor who is nearly two years old. Sheila is an Assistant Professor in the Cell Biology and Physiology Department at Washington University. She runs a research laboratory in the Molecular Oncology Program. They reside in University City.

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