She earned a Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Maryland and a Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is a certified speech-language pathologist and sees patients in the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland, Towson University, and the University of the District of Columbia where she teaches neuroanatomy, medical speech-language pathology, and dysphagia courses. ﻿