She received her undergraduate degree at Boston College and her masters in health science at George Washington University (GWU). She completed several surgical clinical rotations at GWU and completed an Advanced Surgical Preparedness Program as well. After a clinical rotation in thoracic surgery at Brigham and Women's and graduation from PA school in 2009, she joined the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Brigham and Women's as a certified physician assistant. After six years with the Division, she took a position with Care New England starting in September 2015. She has extensive experience in caring for thoracic surgery patients, and their complex needs, from an inpatient and outpatient perspective, as well as in the operating room. As a native Rhode Islander she is happy to be back at home caring for and serving the patients in her community.