While a student at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, I immersed myself in experiences and opportunities related to women's health. 

I was a Albert Schweitzer Fellow researching avenues for improving teen pregnancy prevention programs in the NH & VT area and tutoring and mentoring young teenage mothers.

I organized the Women’s Health Elective for first and second year students, lead Dartmouth's Chapter of Medical Students for Choice, served on the Board of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, and was awarded the Hilda Sokel Award for Leadership in Women's Health upon graduation in 2001.

I obtained a Master's of Public Health with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health where I learned about research-based frameworks of health and disease causation that consider the whole person within the context of their eco-psycho-social environment.  I believe we need to work to improve our environment, so it is easier to make healthy choices and have healthy behaviors.

As a resident at Harvard's Cambridge Health Alliance, I cared for women from all over the world, expanding my cultural awareness and leading me  to seek out other diverse professional experiences.