Dr. Zena is from Newport Beach. She attended high school in Huntington Beach before moving north to attend UC Berkeley for her undergraduate degree, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with High Distinction at the University of California, Berkeley in Political Science and Education, after which she began assisting clinical research trials as part of the Department Rheumatology Research Unit at UCLA Medical Center where she learned about immune system function on all organ systems. Dr. Zena is a dedicated dermatologist who makes patient care her top priority, devoting time to listening and examining each one of them while also educating them on their condition.