Upon graduating from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and a minor in Biology, she received a master’s degree in Food Science from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC and started a career in food safety and public health at Penn State University. While working in the field of foodborne illness, she became interested in the field of medicine and pursued a Master’s of Physician Assistant Sciences from Saint Francis University in Loretto, PA.