She is a member of the American Dental Association, Massachusetts Dental Society, and Metropolitan District Dental Society. She also is a member of the Wellesley Mothers Forum. She earned her bachelor of arts degree from Boston College, her DMD from the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and aCertificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in General Practice at Brigham and Women’s Hospital through Harvard University School of Dentistry. Walter and her husband, Peter, have three young children and live in Wellesley.