Barbara graduated summa cum laude from The University of Texas Medical Branch in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She then completed her Master of Science in Nursing there in 2017. Barbara has worked at The University of Texas Medical Branch as an inpatient Registered Nurse specializing in Neurology and Neurosurgery. She has also worked as an ambulatory registered nurse at MD Anderson in the Brain and Spine Center. Barbara holds a professional certification in neuroscience from the American Board of Nursing, which she successfully earned in 2014. She joined Kelsey-Seybold in 2018.