Francine grew up in the Northeast. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Medical Biology at the University of New England followed by her Master’s degree in Physician Assistant studies at Philadelphia University now Thomas Jefferson University. She took her first PA job in general gastroenterology in Cambridge, Massachusetts until she relocated to California to work at Stanford Hospital subspecializing in both Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery.
Her husband and she decided to return to the East Coast and found the idyllic location here in Raleigh in 2017 when she joined Raleigh Medical Group. They now have 2 small children and enjoying family bike rides and travelling to visit family in France.