Dr. Swinehart completed her undergraduate degree in mathematics at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. After one year as a high school math teacher, she returned to Worcester, MA and earned her medical degree from UMass Chan Medical School. She completed her pediatric training in Lebanon, NH at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and then worked as general pediatrician in Vermont for nearly four years. She joined Wareham Pediatrics in 2025 and moved home to the Southcoast of Massachusetts with her husband and son.