I graduated from the University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry in 1992 and have been working as an optometrist ever since. I completed a PhD in Vision Science at the University of California Graduate Program in Vision Science in December, 2001. Since January, 2002 I have been at the University of Arizona, Department of Ophthalmolgy and Vision Science in Tucson, Arizona where I work in the clinic, teach, and am a Co-Principal Investigator of the Spectacle Prescribing in Childhood (SPEC) Study.