She is a registered nurse and is currently enrolled in the Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Texas for Master of Science in Nursing for Nurse Educator. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at The University of Texas in Arlington in 2012 and her Associate of Science for Registered Nurse from Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas in 2008. Her nursing related employment history includes two (2) years of experience in medical-surgical nursing in acute care and five (5) year of experience in an adult medical-surgical intensive care unit for a small community hospital. She has been teaching at Coastal Bend College for 5 years.