Liz graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) with a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology in 2004. She worked as a Medical Technologist at UNMC laboratory from 2004 through 2006. She graduated with her Masters of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from UNMC in 2007. Following graduation, Liz and her husband moved to Ellinwood, KS where she worked at Ellinwood District Hospital and Clinic.She worked in Ellinwood from 2008 through August 2011. Liz then joined the practice in 2011, she and her husband, along with their children, reside in Andover .