She received a BS/MS (diploma) in Biochemistry from University of Montpellier, France in 1997. She then moved to University of Aix-Marseille, France in 1997 and received her Ph.D. in Immunology/Oncology in January 2002. She received a Human Frontier Science Program Post-doctoral Fellowship in 2002 while at Rockefeller University in New York City. She joined Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in November 2008.