zoology, was accepted to UND School of Medicine in 2000, and in 2004 began her residency at Regions Hospital in Minneapolis. She worked as an emergency room physician with MeritCare in Fargo from 2007 to 2011. In 2009, she became Medical Director of F-M Ambulance and received her Board Certification in emergency medicine in 2017. Lako-Adamson was the medical director for many ambulance squads, including F-M Ambulance, Harwood Rescue, Horace Rescue and Mapleton Rescue as well as the Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo fire departments and numerous rescue squads in Clay County, Minnesota. She also provided medical direction for Red River Regional Dispatch Center and their Emergency Medical Dispatch program. She lived in Fargo.