I graduated from UCLA in 1993 with a degree in Spanish Literature and an emphasis in pre-Med. I went directly into Cleveland Chiropractic College-Los Angeles where I graduated cum laude in 1997. With my chiropractic degree in hand I went to live and work in Ecuador, South America. I am proud to say that I was the first and only female chiropractor in all of South America at that time! Returning to the U.S. the following year I opened a weight-loss focused practice in the San Fernando Valley. In 2000 I began working in downtown Los Angeles as the Director of Physical Rehabilitation for two large Work Comp clinics. I continued to work downtown through the birth of my daughters and then left to start my dream practice: Family Friendly Chiropractic (now known as Whole Balance Chiropractic).