She has both a Masters in Psychiatric Nursing and a Post Masters Certificate Credential as Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She is a Certified Lactation Consultant and has a MBA in Management from NYU. She has been both nurse and manager in Home Care Programs serving mothers and babies. For the last five years she has worked for Nurse Family Partnership managing a team of nurses serving first time mothers living in Foster Care, homeless shelters and Rikers prison.