Dr. Roberts joined VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System in August 1997, and was selected as the chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2000. She also holds a faculty appointment as an associate professor of  Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Utah, and is active in clinical care, administration, teaching and research.

Roberts graduated from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and then in 1993, graduated from (Nova) Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine with her Doctorate of Osteopathy. She completed her internship and residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, is a VHA certified mentor and is  also certified by the Bayer Institute for Healthcare Communication.