Ms. Herrera is a graduate of San Francisco State University and has been working in research for over ten years. She has worked in various specialties including mental health, depression, patient safety, OB/GYN, endocrinology, and nephrology before starting as a clinical research coordinator in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. She has previously worked at the University of California, Berkeley.

She is fluent in English and Spanish and is interested in pursuing a Master's degree in Public Health.