She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Duke University, completed her clinical residency at McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School, and completed postdoctoral training at the Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies at Brown University. Prior to her graduate work in clinical psychology, she worked as a Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and Mapi Values, where she learned marketing strategies to optimize demand for pharmaceutical products. Building on her multidisciplinary training, she conducts clinical research focused on the use of direct-to-consumer marketing to improve the utilization of effective behavioral treatments for adolescents with substance use disorders.