I am originally from New Jersey but grew up in San Diego, California. I received my undergraduate degree at UC Berkeley (Go Bears!) and then went on to The Ohio State University for medical school. After a brief stop in Tucson, Arizona, for my intern year, I returned to San Diego to complete my neurology residency at UCSD and stayed an additional year to receive further training in neurophysiology. I began my career with Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento before moving to the Pacific Northwest to be closer to family.