REGINA NELSON is a Ph.D. student at Union Institute and University concentrating on Ethical and Creative Leadership studies and interdisciplinary research within the medical cannabis movement. Her educational background consists of undergraduate and graduate level Interdisciplinary degrees: a B.A. from Vermont College (1998) and an M.L.S. in Leadership from the University of Oklahoma (2002). In 2012, Ms. Nelson published her first peer-reviewed article, Framing Integral Leadership within the Medical Cannabis Community and in 2014 published her first book, Theorist-at-Large: One Woman's Ambiguous Journey into Medical Cannabis. She has also presented a peer-reviewed conferences hosted by the… International Leadership Association and the International Cannabinoid Research Society. Ms. Nelson is a founding officer of Cannabis Patient Network Institute (CPN Institute), a patient-led and driven membership organization desiring to build awareness of the endocannabinoid system and cannabis' use as medicine and champion community-based research projects; as well, as Integral Education and Consulting, LLC a new and exciting educational organization launched in 2014.