Shortly after completing my Doctorate of Philosophy degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the Department of Pathology with a focus on Neuropathology, specifically, the role of lipoproteins in the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease, I began my role as Technical Director of the NINDS-funded UAB Neuroscience Molecular Detection and Microscopy Core. Next, I accepted a position as a researcher at UAB in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Molecular and Translational Biomedicine.

Currently, I am working in the UAB Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology for the laboratory of Dr. HaoSheng Sun as a Scientist I. My position in the lab is to initially expand the fledgling mouse colony to facilitate future experiments involving alterations that occur during early development in the brain, specifically, neuronal maturation and the mechanisms which lead to these changes. In addition, I perform administrative duties to ensure the lab is operating according to standard operating procedures.