In 2012, Dr. Heather Bell began her family medicine practice in rural Minnesota. With her visionary leadership, she has been influential in redesigning the primary care delivery model across the clinic by adopting whole-person centered care and instituting guiding principles that led to the clinics earned recognition by the state of Minnesota as a Patient Certified Medical Home. As an emancipated minor, Bell’s childhood faced many challenging times. Losing a mother as an early teen and coping through family chemical abuse and addiction instilled the strength of perseverance, courage and desire to make a difference through the practice of medicine. As opioid use and issues became increasingly apparent, Bell identified that the whole-person centered care approach of the medical home model was most appropriate for reengineering the approaches to care. She became very active in the Controlled Substance Care Team within the clinic setting and introduced medication assisted addiction treatment. Her leadership perseverance is transforming the clinic practice with demonstrated outcomes in both cost savings and patient care.