Dr. Claire Unis is a pediatrician in Auburn and the published author of a memoir titled Balance, Pedal, Breathe: A Journey through Medical School. She started her education at Dartmouth College, where she majored in Creative Writing and Literature. She went on to graduate from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, then trained in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Oakland. While in medical school, Dr. Unis also earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in creative nonfiction from the University of San Francisco. She later trained in Narrative Medicine with the Northwest Narrative Medicine Collaborative, and she has been Literature in Medicine Champion for Sutter’s Joy of Work Committee since 2020.