She attended Wellesley College, MA, and McGill University School of Medicine, Montreal, QC, prior to completing a general surgery residency at Stamford Hospital, CT, and an interdisciplinary breast surgery fellowship at Yale University, New Haven, CT. She then worked in Connecticut for three years teaching residents and medical students in Stamford and serving as a vice president on the Connecticut ACS Chapter's council prior to moving to Albuquerque in 2016 with her husband, Andrew. She is a member of the New Mexico ACS Chapter and the Education Committee of the American Society of Breast Surgeons.