She enjoys the challenges of teaching her patients as well as the next generation of physicians. She is mother to two STEMM-focused children, and excited that they are now sufficiently independent that she can participate in Homeward Bound. She has transitioned from competitive rowing to yoga, enjoys reading Booker-Prize nominated novels, baking, knitting, hiking and international travel. She studied history at Yale University and earned her MD at the University of California, San Francisco.