She received her BA in Philosophy from Texas A&M University. She completed her MD from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She followed this with a residency in Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, followed by a Child Neurology fellowship at UCSF, serving as Chief Resident in the final year. She completed a one-year fellowship in Pediatric Epilepsy at UCSF, and became a faculty member in the Department of Neurology in 2013.