Dr. Fitch grew up in nearby Eugene, Oregon. She attended Bowdoin College where she majored in History, minored in Spanish, and completed a pre-med concentration. After graduating, she returned to Eugene where she spent several years doing research in an auditory neuroscience lab and completed a biology degree at the University of Oregon. During that time, Dr. Fitch worked as an EM scribe and scribe trainer, as well as a volunteer Spanish medical interpreter at a local clinic for the underserved. She attended medical school at Brown University, where she revived her love of history by creating and teaching a medical history course. She also worked as a peer tutor, volunteer interpreter and occasional freelance artist/cartoonist. Outside of medicine, she enjoys bouldering, hiking, watercolor painting, and is a novice birder.