I was born in Hawaii, but moved to Utah when I was seven years old. I graduated from Logan High School where I ran track and played tennis. I went to the University of Redlands in Southern California for my undergraduate education where I majored in Environmental Science and minored in Chemistry and Biology. I graduated summa cum laude with academic honors. Prior to attending medical school, I worked at a Biotech company developing multi-plexed ELISAs. Medical school took me back to Hawaii where I attended the University of Hawaii. Then back to Utah for a preliminary medicine intern year at the University of Utah. After intern year I moved to Boston for a clinical trials research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. I then returned to Utah where I completed by dermatology residency. Mohs fellowship has brought me to UT Southwestern.