Chris Tesch is a member of First Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes, MN.  She teaches nursing courses at the University of South Dakota nursing program, with an emphasis on population health and global health.   She holds a post masters certificate in Public Health Nursing.  She has led groups of nursing students on service-learning trips to Guatemala, where students engage with and learn about the health needs of the people in rural Guatemala towns.  She is married to Bill Tesch, Bishop of the NW Minnesota Synod of the ELCA.  They have two grown children and three grandchildren