She graduated cum laude from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va., with a bachelor of science in biology. She holds a doctor of medicine degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk, Va. Also at EVMS, she completed the combined family medicine and internal medicine residency, during which she served as chief resident in her final year. Additionally, she completed a fellowship in primary care sports medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pa.