She graduated from the Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico. She completed her General Surgery internship and residency at Emory University in Atlanta, GA and Vascular Surgery Fellowship at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Her clinical interests are open and endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms, peripheral arterial occlusive disease, cerebrovascular disease and mesenteric and renal occlusive disease. Her academic interest is surgical education and quality improvement initiatives in Vascular Surgery.