She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University, Hawaii in 2006. At the State of Hawaii Dept of Health, she worked as a Forensic Coordinator, evaluating fitness to proceed as well as dangerousness in the SPMI population. At Kaiser Permanente, she performed psychiatric evaluations in the Emergency Department. She has extensive training in forensic evaluation and received a certification as a Forensic Examiner in 2013.