She received her medical degree from Brown Medical School and completed her pediatric residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. She earned her master's in public health at Columbia University before returning to Providence, where she completed a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine. She is an associate professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is the director of fast track and nurse practitioner programs at Hasbro Children's Hospital. Her fields of interest include medical education, child maltreatment and domestic violence.