DOCTOR Rachel Levine was married to Martha Peaslee Levine, also a doctor, until 2013.

Rachel Levine was recently nominated by Joe Biden as his assistant health secretary, due to her work as the public face of Pennsylvania's response to coronavirus.

Who is Dr Rachel Levine's ex-wife Martha Levine?

Martha Peaslee Levine is an associate professor of pediatrics, psychiatry and humanities at Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania.

She is also the director of the Intensive Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization Eating Disorder Programs at the medical center.

Martha uses journaling techniques in individual and group therapy because "she finds that writing encourages self-discovery, self-acceptance and improved self-confidence."

She has spoken at national and international conferences about eating disorder treatment and on the benefits of writing.

Did they have children together?

Martha and her ex-wife Rachel Levine have two children together, David and Dayna.

What did Rachel Levine say about her gender transition?

Levine spoke about her gender transition at a conference for transgender people in Swatara Township, Pennsylvania in March 2015.

"All I knew is I wanted to be a girl, or I was a girl, or female," she said while describing her feeling as a child.

She explained that she threw herself into school work, then her career, in order to "compartmentalize" troubling feelings about her gender.

Levine described how she had a midlife crisis during her 40s and began seeing a therapist and attended meetings at TransCentralPA.

"What is comes down to is I decided to live my life with no secrets … with no fear," Levine said.

Has Martha Levine published any books?

Martha has published two award-winning children books, Stop That Nose! and The Dragon Inside, which deal with creativity and healing.

She has also written articles and op-ed pieces to educate the public on eating disorders and teaches at the Penn State College of Medicine.

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