I am originally from Southern California and graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. I graduated in 1999 in San Francisco at the University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of Dentistry, followed by a residency program in Advanced Education in General Dentistry at the University of California, San Francisco. I have completed my advanced training in hospital dentistry, Endodontics, Prosthodontics, Implantology, Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology, and Temporomandibular Disorder. In 2015, I earned my Fellowship in Dental Implantology from the International Congress of Oral Implantologists.