Bernadette was a firefighter EMT for 3 years and later a paramedic on a 911 ambulance for 6 years. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from University of Nevada, Reno and her Masters in Physician Assistant from Loma Linda University, Loma Linda California. She has been working full-time in Primary Care and later in Emergency Medicine in Las Vegas since 2017. She is now co-owner and a Physician Assistant with White Coat Concierge. They offer mobile primary care, urgent care, and telemedicine services. They also provide hormone replacement therapy for both women and men, medical weight loss options, and specialty IV infusions including vitamins.