Dr. Wright is a 2001 graduate of Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry and completed her oral pathology residency in 2004 at New York Hospital Queens. Upon completion of her training, Dr. Wright was appointed as an Assistant Professor at Meharry, and in 2008-09, she served as Interim Chair of the Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences. She was selected as a member of the 2007 ADEA/AAL Institute for Teaching and Learning, and she earned a student choice award from the Meharry Dental Class of 2010. Dr. Wright joined the TUSDM faculty in 2015.