Dr. Roucka is Professor Emerita and former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry (UIC COD). Her undergraduate degree is in nursing, and she maintains an active RN license. She received her DDS from the UIC COD and an MA in Bioethics from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Immediately after graduating from UIC, Dr. Roucka served as a Naval Dental Officer during Operation Desert Storm. After her naval career, Dr. Roucka was the first dentist to staff the Spang Center for Oral Health, a clinic dedicated exclusively to treating HIV+ and AIDS patients in Chicago. In her leisure time, Toni enjoys spending time with family, the outdoors, playing her flute with the Milwaukee American Legion Band, and creative writing.