Dr. Catherine Anne Ruiz graduated from New York University. She has been admitted in the NYU Kappa Honors Society as well as the TMJ Honors Society. Additional education include having attended the American Academy for Functional Orthodontics and TMJ in 1992. She practices orthodontics using light wire technique and functional appliances. As part of the group of dentists who pioneered TMJ treatment in the Philippines, she did her own chiropractic manipulations and lectured for the Philippine Dental Association in this field.