Dr. Figueroa received her MD from Universidad del Salvador, School of Medicine in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After completing her clinical training in hematology, in 2004 she relocated to New York to complete her postdoctoral training in Dr. Ari Melnick’s laboratory. During this time, Dr. Figueroa’s research focused on understanding how abnormalities hardwired into the DNA of blood producing cells could lead to the development of different forms of leukemias.