She holds an MSN in Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of California Los Angeles (2003) and a BSN from San Diego State University (1997). She has taught in both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. She is board certified as a Family NP and practices clinically in a college health clinic in Torrance, CA. She is the president of the Alpha Tau Delta, National Fraternity for Professional Nurses and has been an active member of the California Association of Nurse Practitioners. Her nursing background includes emergency medicine, urgent care, college health and primary care. She joined West Coast University in 2013.