Lana Wilkins

Lana is a recent transplant to Kansas, but has lived in the Midwest her whole life. After growing up in southwest Missouri, she lived in Oklahoma and Nebraska before landing in Manhattan in 2022. Her husband, Mark, is a college professor, so “college towns” will always be their home. And although she has a degree from one of those universities in the state south of us, Lana adapts easily and proudly wears purple now! Lana is a mom to Hannah and Daniel…and Opal, the cat! Lana is a Registered Nurse, but when that pesky pandemic interrupted her job as nursing instructor, she adapted her career to better fit her family and now works occasionally to provide freelance services for nursing education textbooks, and writing study materials and blogs for nursing students. When she’s not shuttling kids to appointments and activities, or refereeing fights between kids, you might find her locked away in her craft room, aimlessly pinning ideas on Pinterest that will never get done, or spending some time behind her camera.