I'm a Tucson native and an Arizona State University graduate, I received my medical degree from Midwestern University and completed a pediatric residency at the University of Arizona.

I completed medical school at UTESA in Santiago, Dominican Republic, followed by Pediatric Residency at Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. I completed my Pediatric Fellowship at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

I was raised in Fort Worth, Texas. I completed my undergraduate degree in Philosophy at Vanderbilt in 1988. I completed my medical degree at the University of Tennessee in 1994.

I'm originally from Arecibo Puerto Rico. I have lived in Tucson AZ the majority of my life and graduated from the University of Arizona, College of Medicine in 2011.