She graduated from the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. She completed a residency in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital, Boston and then went on to finish her pediatric neurology fellowship at the NY Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. During her pediatric neurology training, she became interested in the care of children and teens living with multiple sclerosis. She went on to complete a multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating disorders fellowship at the Weill Cornell Multiple Sclerosis Center. Since that time, she has been an advocate for children with MS. Her research interests include novel biomarker imaging in MS and cognitive dysfunction in MS.