Alina completed her undergraduate education from the University of Minnesota, her graduate education from Loyola University of Chicago and later graduated Cum Laude from the Technion American Medical Program at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology where she received her MD.  In medical school Alina was a member of Technion Medical Students Society, Sigma Phi Omega (National Honor Society in Aging and Gerontology), and Alpha Epsilon Delta (National Pre-Medicine Honor Society).  Alina was involved in volunteer work at several organizations and most recently a researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.  She is fluent in Russian and can communicate in Hebrew. She loves drawing and  enjoys horseback riding.