She is currently the Medical Director of the Women's Oncology Clinic and the Director of Cancer Control at the Arkansas Cancer Research Center (ACRC) at UAMS She received a B.S. in Biology from San Diego State University and furthered her education at the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine, where she received her M.D. She served her surgical residency at UAMS and completed the Virginia Clinton Kelley/FFANY (Fashion Footwear Association of New York) Clinical Breast Fellowship in 1999.