Heidi Overton becomes youngest FDA commissioner nominee with rural New Mexico background
Heidi Overton has been nominated to lead the Food and Drug Administration in Washington after a career that began in rural New Mexico.
Early ambitions and education path
Overton was a freshman at the University of New Mexico in 2007 when she expressed a desire to practice medicine in her hometown. She told a journalist then that she hoped to return to Gallup after earning her degree. Nearly two decades later, she has not returned to that city where her father still leads a church.
Current role and nomination details
The nominee leveraged her medical degree and rural background to reach this position in Washington. She is recognized as the youngest person ever nominated to lead the Food and Drug Administration. Her work style has been described as calm and reasoned by observers tracking her career.
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