She completed her undergraduate work in Molecular Biology and Medieval History at Princeton University. She obtained her medical degree and doctorate in genetics from the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her residency training in Plastic Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. she joined as Faculty of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. She is dedicated to the advancement of the translational science of aging through the study of primary human adipose tissue.