I graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, and I’m originally from Southern California. I graduated in 1999 in San Francisco at the University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of Dentistry, followed by an Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency program at the University of California, San Francisco. I have finished my advanced training in hospital dentistry, endodontics, prosthodontics, implantology, oral surgery, oral pathology, and temporomandibular disorder. The International Congress of Oral Implantologists awarded me a Fellowship in Dental Implantology in 2015.