Monica Gamez graduated from University of Michigan, Ann Abor in 2011 with a BSc in Microbiology. After her undergraduate degree she worked as a laboratory technician where her work primarily focused on viral life cycles and the pathology involved in infection. 

In 2017 Monica began her PhD studies at the University of Bristol in the Bristol Renal group working under the supervision of Dr. Rebecca Foster, where her project focused on the role of heparan sulphate in the glycocalyx. She graduated with a PhD in 2020 and is now a post-doctoral researcher in the Bristol Renal group working with Dr. Rebecca Foster.