Ansel Oommen is a multimedia artist, poet, freelance writer, urban naturalist, horticultural therapist trainee, credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor trainee, notary public, certified pharmacy technician, graduate entomology student specializing in medical entomology, and licensed and board certified clinical laboratory technologist currently working in clinical chemistry, hematology, serology, and clinical microbiology, and formerly in transfusion medicine.