David Lorea Morton Farrington had spent most of his time as a child on a farm in North Carolina. It was there, David says, that he was instilled with all the values of the rural life. David says that his time on his father's dairy farm taught him that patience is indeed a virtue, and that slow and steady always wins the race. David says that growing up in such a rustic environment was what nurtured his curiosity to see the rest of the world, and what eventually inspired him to pursue a higher education.

David Lorea Morton Farrington said that though agriculture was interesting, he was always more intrigued by anatomy, of both the animals and the workers on the farm. Once, when a calf fell sick on the farm, David had asked his father what was wrong with him. David's dad said that sickness sometimes just happens, and that there is nothing you can do about it, sometimes nature just needs to run its course. That calf would go on to die, an event that always stuck with David, and gave him an interest in medicine, and an impulse to help those in need. That calf's death would be the primer that ignited David's passion for medicine.

When David Lorea Morton Farrington left his home in North Carolina, he knew he wanted to pursue a degree in medicine. What David didn't know however, was where that path would lead him. From a young age, David was always very nutruring, and loved to take care of things. That coupled with a gifted mind and a knack for science, made it easy for him to take that first leap into the medical profession after graduating from Stanford University.

For a time, David Lorea Morton Farrington would practice internal medicine near Stanford, pursuing the typical path for many career doctors. Soon David realized however, that he did not like the fast paced, methodical nature and driving philosophies of many of his peers in the urban area. David realized that urban medicine was distinctly different from the rural one he was used to. David did not like how each patient was treated more like a number than a person. It is for that reason that David would eventually move back closer to home, working in a closely knit rural community. Which David says, is what he was always built to do.