I was born into an Irish family as the youngest of 4 children and was raised on a beautiful farm in Northern Kentucky. I was surrounded by cows, a horse, geese, dogs and cats and 13 cousins. I spent more time playing in a barn and a creek, picking raspberries and corn then I did inside of a house every Summer. I went to Thomas More College and graduated with a degree in Biology and Psychology. I attended medical school at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. I love Kentucky basketball more than any other sport in the world.
I earned a medical degree in 1993 and journeyed to the University of Utah for a residency training in Pediatrics/Psychiatry/Child Psychiatry. In 1998, I joined the Public Health Service to work in Wolf Point, Montana for Indian Health Service. Those 3 years were transformational, and I will never forget the medicine I learned and the amazing humans I met. In a place where it was common to be 30 degrees below zero in January. I ended my formal training at the Children’s Hospital of Austin, TX in Pediatrics in 2002. I have worked for the government, private practice and nonprofit organizations and have 25 years of clinical experience working with children, families and adults.