She earned her B.S. in molecular genetics and biotechnology from the University of Buenos Aires and her Ph.D. in neurobiology and behavior at Columbia University. Her thesis, which she completed under the guidance of Dr. Jessell, focused on transcriptional programs controlling motor neuron development and muscle-nerve connectivity. During her postdoctoral studies in the Fishell lab at NYU Langone School of Medicine, she examined activity-dependent programs of brain development. As principal investigator of her own lab, she continues to focus on interneuron development in the mammalian brain. She has published articles in Cell, Nature, Neuron, and Nature Neuroscience. She is the recipient of NIH Pathway to Independence, NARSAD Young Investigator and CURE Epilepsy Awards. In addition, she has received a Patterson Trust fellowship.