She received her Bachelor’s in Science in 1992 and Master’s in Science Nursing from Sonoma State University in 2001, and completed her Doctorate in Nursing Practice in 2014 from Fresno-San Jose State University. Her research interest include Psychiatric and Mental Health issues, particularly decreasing stigma and health disparity. Her dissertation research focused on Behavioral Health Hospitalizations in Stanislaus County: Are Demographics and Clinical Characteristics Predictors of readmission Rates? This research was accepted and published in Nurse Practitioner Perspective and Advance for NPs &P as online community in 2015.