Education
- 1977 – University of California at Santa Barbara, B.A. in Biological Sciences.
- 1981 – Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine, Doctorate in Podiatric Medicine.
- 1982 – Memorial Hospital of Hawthorne, California, Completed Podiatric Surgical Residency Program.
- 1992 – University of West Los Angeles School of Law Juris Doctorate.