Her lifelong passion for maternal and child health most recently took her to the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in Somaliland where she worked as a staff physician in the maternity ward and pre-and postnatal clinic. Volchok received her medical and public health degree from the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, completed her residency in Family Medicine at Providence in Portland, Oregon and a fellowship in advanced obstetrics in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to enjoying an active medical practice here at home providing clinical care for migrant farm workers and other immigrants and underserved populations, her international work includes time spent working in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, India, Bangladesh and Cameroon focusing on improving the quality of obstetrical and neonatal care through education and capacity building.