About Me

I am a physician double board-certified in Family Medicine and Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine (NABBLM-C).

The Bay Area has been my home for more than 20 years, since moving here to attend the University of California, Berkeley (go Bears!), where I studied psychology. I received my medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and completed my family medicine residency at Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency in 2017. Deeply committed to medical education, I have served as volunteer community faculty in the UCSF Family Medicine and Community Medicine program since 2018.

I never imagined being both a physician and a new parent during a pandemic, but I credit this experience as the catalyst for discovering my passion for lactation medicine. In 2022, I completed the UCSD Pathway 2 Program and became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).

In 2023, I joined the second cohort of fellows in the Lessons in Lactation Advanced Curriculum (LILAC) Fellowship at the University of Rochester, completing the fellowship in 2025 and subsequently joining the faculty. I am also a moderator for Dr. MILK (Doctor Mothers Interested in Lactation Knowledge), an online forum providing peer-to-peer lactation support for physicians.

I serve as co-chair of the Alameda County Breastfeeding Coalition and am an active member of the coalition's Latina Chicana (LatCh) Lactation Taskforce. Along with managing my micropractice in BFLM, I am actively working to bridge my interests in teaching and lactation by creating learning opportunities for future and current physicians to provide evidence-based care to families.