Dr. Rogers received her B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, and Ph.D. from Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. She also trained at Dana Farber Cancer Institute with Dr. L. Gudas (1985-1991) and in the Dept. of Genetics, Harvard Medical School with Dr. J. Seidman (1992). In 1993, she was appointed as Assistant Professor in Biology at the University of South Florida in Tampa and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 1999. At USF, Dr. Rogers received awards for both research and teaching.