This article profiles Laura Pittman, the nation's first credentialed Direct Support Professional (DSP). Laura is a DSP at the Orange Grove Center (OGC) in Chattanooga, Tennessee and has been working there for almost ten years. She has been a DSP for seven of those years, and in that role, supported four women at one of the Orange Grove Center residential settings. These four women are challenged with a variety of developmental disabilities. Laura, who has made a difference in the lives of many people in a variety of ways, has been promoted as the administrative assistant in Orange Grove Center's Quality Compliance office since last January 2007.