Paula first attended West Texas A & M University where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 1994. She then went on to attend Physical Therapy school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and graduated with her Masters of Physical Therapy in 1997. Her first job as a Physical Therapist was working with the mentally handicapped and physically challenged. She then went on to work in out-patient orthopedics which is where her specialty lies today. To further her skills as a therapist, she became a Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner in 2006.