She received her undergraduate training in biology from the University of Wisconsin Madison. It is here where her passion for sports medicine related injuries first took off. As an avid sports fan and spectator as well as a runner herself, the idea of keeping people active and getting them back to the game became a long-term goal of hers. She then went on to receive her masters in physician assistant studies at Marquette University, an NCCPA accredited program in Milwaukee, WI. During her studies as a physician assistant, she electively chose to focus on orthopaedic surgery and more specifically sports related injuries.