She received her B.S. degree in zoology, D.V.M. degree, and Ph.D. degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Florida, Fla, USA, in 1979, 1984, and 1989, respectively. She did her postdoctoral training in cell biology at Baylor College of Medicine in 1992. Her publications include “In vitro culture of precision-cut testicular tissue as a novel tool for the study of responses to LH,” “Transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) signaling is activated during porcine implantation: proposed role for latency associated peptide-integrins at the conceptus-maternal interface,” and “Post-transcriptional effects of estrogens on gene expression by altering messenger RNA stability.”