Dr. Mislick received her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She then completed her MS and her PhD in Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology. Her medical school training was at University of California Los Angeles as was her residency in pathology. She did a Dermatopathology Fellowship at UCLA. After four years of experience she joined the faculty at in the UCLA Department of Pathology before becoming the Medical Director of Pathology at Northridge Hospital Medical Center.