I had an interest in medicine from a very young age, stemming from an appreciation for science and a passion for helping others. I graduated magna cum laude from the honors program at Colorado State University with a major in biomedical sciences. The role of lifestyle on health and disease prevention has always fascinated me, and I researched the impact of dietary fat on cognition and dementia risk as my honors thesis. I attended medical school at the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus and completed my family medicine residency training at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo. I love practicing family medicine for the breadth of the field, the emphasis on prevention, and the ability to foster strong patient-practitioner relationships.