Julie graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and Washington State University in 1998 with a Master of Nursing degree.   She has 24 years of oncology nursing experience and has been employed with Cancer Care Specialists as a nurse practitioner since 1999.

Julie is nationally certified as a nurse practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Oncology Nursing Society.