She has lived all over the world which has given her an appreciation for the cultural and ethnic differences in beauty. There are many routes to becoming a plastic surgeon, and Dr. Prendergast chose the most thorough and demanding training process: completing entire residences in both general surgery and plastic surgery. She completed her general surgery at the University of California, San Diego and has advanced fellowship at the Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery Institute at the University of California, Irvine.