Caroline (she/her) was born in Nashville, TN, but was raised in Burlington, NC and considers Alamance County home. She is a lifelong Tarheel and went to UNC-CH for both undergraduate and medical school, with time spent in between in Washington, DC. She is a proud graduate of the Asheville Longitudinal Campus within UNC SOM, where her passion for family medicine really caught fire. She continued her training at UNC-CH’s Family Medicine residency program in their Federally Qualified Health Center Track, practicing in rural Caswell County at Prospect Hill Community Health Center, where she continues to see patients to this day! In addition to her outpatient practice in Prospect Hill, she continues to provide care for families on UNC Family Medicine’s Family Centered Patient Care service. Caroline’s main loves within medicine are rural and underserved care, Latine health, behavioral health in community settings, and caring for parent-child dyads in all stages of pregnancy, childbirth, and pediatric care.
“My philosophy of care is equal access to quality healthcare for all, no matter where you’re from, what you earn, what language you speak, what you believe, or what you practice. I have always felt like the best way I can care for my surrounding communities is through providing access to quality healthcare to all, especially where it can be difficult to receive, such as rural populations.” Caroline’s passion to provide high-quality and accessible care within rural spaces in NC lead her to become the Faculty Lead within the Office of Rural Initiatives at UNC School of Medine, where she has helped direct the Rural Kenan Scholars Program since 2016. She is thrilled to be the director of the FIRST program to continue to expand the primary care workforce in North Carolina.
True to her North Carolina roots, Caroline loves being outdoors with her husband and two sons any chance she can get, especially along the Eno River and in the mountains. She enjoys exploring the many fine eating and drinking establishments that Chapel Hill and Durham have to offer. Their favorite part about being a North Carolinian, however, are the amazing opportunities to pick and eat strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, apples and tomatoes, most of which are pick-able and best tasting amongst the farms in Caswell County!
