After graduating valedictorian, Val was a labor and delivery nurse and a newborn nursery nurse in and around Philadelphia for ten years . After becoming a midwife, she worked for Birth Care from 1994 to 2001, then managed a solo midwifery practice attending births at home and at Wellspan Ephrata Hospital. In 2006, she merged her practice with Birth Care. She enjoys playing with her many grand children and her beautiful Border Collie. Merrylee Morschhauser