She received her medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2007. After medical school, she completed her residency training in Pediatrics at the Brown Pediatric Residency Program in Providence, RI. She then moved to Pittsburg, PA and completed a fellowship in General Academics Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in 2013. During this time, she earned a Masters of Science in Clinical Research, which a research focus in pediatric health disparities.