She obtained her medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, completed internal medicine residency at the University of Houston, and palliative care fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Vidal has been a member of the MD Anderson community since 2006, earning her post as assistant professor in 2012. She is an active clinician who specializes in quality end-of-life care, focusing on palliative care interventions and symptom management in patients with solid and hematologic malignancies.