She attended Texas A&M University from 1998-2002 where she graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science. She spent a year doing Biochemistry research at Argonne National Laboratory before beginning medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio in 2003. She graduated from medical school in 2007, which was followed by Pediatric Residency from 2007-2010 and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship from 2010-2013 at Saint Louis University Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center. She joined the faculty at UT Southwestern in 2013. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.