Dr. Nguyen completed her undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University. She received her medical degree and master’s degree in health policy from New York University School of Medicine and New York University Wagner. She completed her pediatric residency and Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She also completed a fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. 

She serves as a co-chair of the Maryland American Academy of Pediatrics Mental Health Committee, co-chair of the AAP Section on Integrative Medicine Education sub-committee and chair of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center Medical Staff Wellness Committee.