Dr. Alice Jacobs Vestergaard is an internationally published author, educator, and researcher who has over two decades of experience working with multicultural, multilingual, and multigenerational populations in diverse community and academic settings. She has had careers in both industry and higher education and has lived and worked in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres serving marginalized populations.  Dr. Vestergaard has taught courses across the higher education landscape including community college, the California state university system, University of California, and several private colleges. She served on several community boards and committees in California including chair of the San Diego North Chamber of Commerce Health Committee where she led work force health initiatives, and access to care forums, and the American Lung Association Community Advisory Board. She is a recipient of the Syntex Labs Chairman’s Recognition Award for her ground –breaking work in disease management training for physicians in teaching hospitals, the VA, and HMO’s. Her specialty areas are immigrant health and gerontology where she is a leader in the emerging field of Domotics. Dr. Vestergaard has developed and implemented programs in the healing arts across the age span in multiple settings including schools, park and recreation departments, and healthcare systems.  She is a graduate of the professional certification program in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University, and Director of the Health Education and the Arts (HEARTS) program at Samuel Merritt University. In her free time, she is a musician and has traveled the globe in government sponsored cultural exchanges promoting peace and understanding through music.