She earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from University of Arizona in 1995, and a Master of Science in nursing with a family nurse practitioner degree from University of Arizona in 1998. She completed her nurse-midwifery education in 2004 at Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing in Hyden, Ky. Walidah is board-certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.