Dr. Wallace grew up in Birmingham. She graduated with honors from New York University, then attended the University of Alabama School of Medicine and completed her residency training in Pediatrics at Emory University in Atlanta. Her special interests include breastfeeding medicine (she is a Certified Lactation Counselor) and understanding the social determinants of health and development. Dr. Wallace is a devotee of the fine and performing arts, and fills her free time cooking, bicycling, watching baseball, and hanging out with her husband and their energetic pit bull, Lefty.