Sherry Chesak, PhD, RN, is a Nurse Scientist in the Department of Nursing, Division of Nursing Research at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Her program of research is centered on care for the caregiver, primarily focused on mindfulness-based interventions to enhance resilience among both professional and family caregivers. She received a Master’s degree in Nursing Education from Winona State University and a PhD in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. She has attended multiple trainings for teaching mindfulness practices and is certified by the Global Resilience and Inner Transformation Institute as a Resilience Trainer.