Amber Davis discusses her childhood in Sycamore, Illinois and life in the DeKalb/Sycamore area while employed at Northern Illinois University's School of Nursing. She describes her family's religious life and other details of their life in Sycamore. She discusses how life has changed in the DeKalb/Sycamore area in her lifetime, with a special focus on race relations and racial perceptions and sterotypes. She describes her work in her profession and teaching in the NIU School of Nursing as has related to racial perceptions and stereotypes.