She completed her pre-licensure nursing and MSN in Midwifery at Yale University in 2004 and currently holds a faculty position at UCSF School of Nursing in the MEPN program. In addition to teaching pre-licensure nursing students, she is in full-scope clinical practice. Her assignments with MSF include missions to South Sudan in 2009 and from 2010-11, where she worked in regional maternity care projects. She had the pleasure to be present during South Sudan's referendum for independence.