She attained MD degree from University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, MA in Health Education from Montclair State University in New Jersey, and a PhD in Health Education from New York University in New York. She worked as a physician in Yugoslavia, before moving to United States in 1984. She worked as a researcher at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas for a few years, and since 1995 she has been a teacher of health education in New Jersey. She published and presented papers nationally and internationally. She has been active in professional associations, at the local, national and international level. Her interest is in methods of communication of health information, in organizing community of learners with the purpose of promoting health and preventing disease, in studying participation in action and health literacy.