I grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, where I decided to be a doctor when we learned about human biology in my fifth grade science class. I earned my Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University. After 2 years as a middle school teacher in Baltimore, Maryland, I earned my medical degree as well as a master's degree in clinical research from Washington University in St. Louis. I chose to pursue combined training in both internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where I spent an additional year as an internal medicine chief resident. I met my Coloradan husband while we worked together on a pediatric malnutrition project in Malawi, Africa, and we are now excited to raise our 2 sons in Denver. I was honored to be recognized as a 5280 Magazine Top Doctor in 2019.