Su Walker has an insight into things most people do not.

Richardson Court Association student government has hired Walker, a clairvoyant, to talk about her experiences tonight at 7 p.m. on the main floor of Maple Hall.

Carrie Seim, RCA educational/cultural chair and a sophomore in journalism and mass communication, was in charge of lining up the event.

“It’s my responsibility to bring in educational and cultural events to RCA, and we thought that a clairvoyant would not only be educational, but fun as well,” Seim said.

Walker, a 1981 Iowa State graduate in agriculture and owner of the psychic counseling service Inner Visions, has been working as a clairvoyant in Ames for nine years.

“It has been a progressive role for me,” Walker said.

“My experiences are based on practicing everyday. It’s like playing an instrument; you start with a certain amount of talent and then practice to get better,” she said.

Walker has collaborated on several legal cases with the FBI, Illinois and Missouri state troopers and the Lawrence, Kan., police department. She has also worked on cases in Polk County and in Ames.

Clairvoyants, she said, are usually the last people law enforcement agencies talk to.

“They come to us after every tangible lead has been looked at,” Walker said.

“If what we tell them can’t make it to a court of law, then it isn’t good enough,” she said.

Murder and high-profile cases take their toll on Walker. After her first murder case, she had trouble sleeping. “I have to remember not to become personally involved,” she said.

Walker classifies herself as a medical intuitive. “I don’t call myself a psychic because it’s a very general term, like doctor,” she said.

As a medical intuitive, Walker can tell what is going on inside one’s body with just a full name, date of birth and the city and state of that person.

“I focus on that person and outline a sketch of the body; I’ll see an area that concerns me a great deal and advise them to go see their doctor,” she said. “I don’t diagnose anything.”

Walker also collaborates with medical researchers and doctors. “They ask me to look at something and give my opinion,” she said. “I don’t pretend to know what’s wrong; I’m just a tool.”

Talking to half a dozen people in one day, whether on the phone or in person, is routine for Walker.

“I talk to people all over the United States and from around the world, answering questions ranging from health and relationships to finances and career moves,” she said.

Walker is looking forward to tonight’s event.

“It’s fun to see people that approach it skeptically and see their opinions turned around,” she said. “The idea of showing them something unexplained is exciting.”

When it comes to the correctness of her visions, Walker said she is close to 80 percent accurate.

She said she is even more accurate when dealing with medical information.

Walker is married to Clark Ford, a professor in food science and New Age Club adviser at ISU, and has five children.

She said being a clairvoyant and a mother makes life even more interesting when it comes to her children.

Walker said, “They can’t get away with lying to you.”