She received her Bachelor of Nursing from Rutgers University. Her Family Nurse Practitioner Degree was awarded from SUNY Upstate. She started her nursing career at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the ICU before moving to Syracuse where she worked in the Emergency Department at St. Joseph’s Hospital, and the Department of Family Medicine at Upstate as an FNP. She enjoys running, baking and keeping up with her kids. She resides in Camillus with her husband Luis and three children Olivia, Manny, and Analise.