A graduate of UC Berkeley, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Natividad Family Medicine Residency Program, she has had a long career in academic medicine (Natividad Family and Community Medicine Residency Program) and public sector clinics, primarily in the agricultural Salinas and Pajaro Valleys of California. Her interests in medicine include global health, medical ecology, liberation medicine, and social determinants of health. She has served on the boards of the Monterey County Sanctuary for Central American Refugees and the International Medical Relief Fund, and is a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Physicians for a National Health Program, and the American Medical Womens’ Association. Currently she works at the Cowell Student Health Center of University of California, Santa Cruz.