Dr. Ciglar (known to her students as Dr. C) was the first-ever Executive Director of the Office of Prehealth Professions and Advising at Northeastern State University, where she advised applicants on admissions to medical and dental schools, as well as PA, veterinary, and other allied health professions programs. She brings over a decade of experience in higher education as a prehealth admissions advisor, career coach, and college faculty. Her latest position was as the Health Sciences and Prehealth Professions Career Coach at The University of Tulsa. She gained extensive experience coaching over 250 pre-med, pre-PA, and pre-allied health students on their application admissions journeys each academic year.

Before moving to higher education, Dr. C had over two decades of professional experience working in healthcare, first as a microbiologist, then spending five years specializing as a technologist in an in-vitro fertilization lab. Desiring a career change, Dr. C navigated a return to professional school, earning an MA in Dietetics. Finally, after accepting a full-time position in higher education at Northeastern State University, Dr. C simultaneously earned a doctoral degree in educational leadership emphasizing organizational change theories.

Dr. C says the best part of her job, besides receiving the phone call or email when an applicant has been accepted into their dream school, is the relationship formed with the applicants and kept well beyond the end of the advising session.