Veronica serves as a Family Nurse Practitioner at the PCC Community Wellness Center, located inside of Steinmetz High School . Prior to this role, Veronica cared for patients at PCC Salud Family Health Center and PCC West Town Family Health Center.

Veronica serves as an Assistant Professor within the College of Nursing's Department of Community, Systems, and Mental Health Nursing. In this capacity, she empowers two distinct cohorts of graduate students. First, she teaches students enrolled in Rush University's Diagnostics for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. Second, she created a curriculum for a Public Health Nursing Clinical experience. Veronica views this responsibility as an opportunity to educate the next generation of nursing leaders.

While serving on the frontline of the Coronavirus pandemic, Crain's Business recognized Veronica's research and initiative for spurring the movement to conduct drive-through Coronavirus testing in Chicago. As the Associate Director of Esperanza's Nurse Practitioner Postgraduate Fellowship Program, she was named an Emerging Nurse Leader by the Illinois Nurses Foundation. As a clinician, the MedStatix Patient Experience Platform recognized Veronica as a Top Provider for Patient Satisfaction in the State of Illinois.

Veronica's first experience as a health care provider was as a Resident in the Community Health Center's Nurse Practitioner Postgraduate Residency Training Program, in New Britain, Connecticut. During the year-long experience, she was immersed in specialty medical rotations. Veronica also learned how to manage the workload associated with serving in a Federally Qualified Health Center while maintaining her ability to care for her patients.

Veronica dedicated herself to creating an inquiry-based science curriculum, teaching more than 300 students in Chicago's Rogers Park and West Town communities. During her four years as a classroom leader, she was entrusted as a Biology, Chemistry, and Advanced Placement Physics instructor. Her strong example as a woman in science inspired many of her students.

Veronica earned her doctorate degree from Rush University's College of Nursing, with a specialization in Nursing Practice, Transformational Leadership, and Population Health. Her academic study concentrated on the intersection of mental health, minority communities, and Chicago's high school population served by school-based health centers.

Veronica graduated from the University of Chicago, after completing her high school education in a suburb near Memphis, Tennessee. She was a volunteer with the University of Chicago's Neighborhood Schools Program. She also studied abroad in Quito, Ecuador and earned special recognition for her Spanish fluency.