She was a 2009-2010 post-doctoral fellow in the School of Nursing at UNC-Chapel Hill. She earned a Ph.D. in Nursing at University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, and M.S.N. at UNC-Chapel Hill. As a CGS trainee, she worked with CGS investigators Marcia Van Riper and Debra Skinner to explore the experiences of parents who adopted children with Fragile X Syndrome, with emphasis on their experiences in sharing health information with birth families and participating in research. She continues to conduct research focusing on the needs of diverse and reconstituted families related to managing and sharing family health information.