She obtained her MSc and PhD in Medical Physics from McGill University. She then held a post-doctoral fellowship at the German Cancer Research Center (DFKZ) in Heidelberg, Germany, from 2007-2009 before moving to a faculty position in the Department of Medical Physics at Ryerson University in Toronto. In 2014 she moved to Carleton University where her current position involves teaching and supervising students at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as conducting research. Her main research interest is modeling and compensating for anatomical changes during radiation therapy by way of Monte Carlo simulation and novel treatment planning methods.