She has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Southern Illinois University. Both her internship at the Medical University of South Carolina and her postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University were specialized in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology. She is board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology. Her research interests include unawareness syndromes (anosognosia and denial of illness) and psychological factors that facilitate adaptive functioning and positive outcomes following onset of neuropathology.