The article profiles Doctor des Anges Cruser of the University of North Texas Health Science Center. Doctor Cruser serves as both assistant professor and research fellowship director. She is a graduate advisor and a member of the Graduate Council for the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Additionally, she is the administrative director of the National Osteopathic Research Center. She holds a master's degree in Public Administration with a focus in health-care management and policy. She has an extensive experience in policy implementation, program development, evaluation and outcome studies, leadership and team effectiveness, forensic psychiatry and public mental-health services. Doctor Cruser has handled crisis-response duties at crime scenes and has worked a mediator for the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. Certified as a facilitator for Covey's Leadership seminars, she also is a member of the Mental Health Board of Tarrant County. She enjoys photography and architecture and learning about other cultures. Doctor Cruser most enriching activity in mental health occurred with an Oklahoma chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. There she worked with the families of mentally ill children during a period before the breakthroughs of psychotropic medications.