She then completed a General Practice Residency at the University of Washington in Seattle. She worked in Chicago as a private practice general dentist and at St. Bernard Hospital treating pediatric patients. She realized that she loved working with children and wanted to provide the best evidence-based care for her patients. She returned to the University of Washington for her 2-year pediatric dental residency where she received extensive training in hospital dentistry, sedation, and patients with special needs. Concurrently, she earned her Masters of Sciences in Dentistry with research in pediatric mandibular anatomy using cone beam computed tomography (3-D imaging).