Originally having graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree, Kaylyn went on to graduate with honors from the Florida-based Nova Southeastern University, attaining a master’s degree in Medical Science. While working toward her bachelor’s degree at the University of Florida, Kaylyn operated in the institution’s health care division – referred to as “Shands” at the time – as a fixture in its Burn Intensive Care Unit. Her procedures involved evaluating and healing patients’ burns and rehabilitating them; over the course of the two years that she spent medically treating burn victims, Dr. Plum discovered that her primary interests in her career lie in medical aesthetics and skin health.