Barbora was born in Czechoslovakia and immigrated to the United States at 10 years of age. She obtained her nursing degree from Kennesaw State University in 1995. After working for many years as a nurse in Labor & Delivery, she continued her education at Emory University, completing her Master’s degree in midwifery in 2005. She is currently in the process of obtaining her Doctorate degree in nursing at Vanderbilt University. Barbora is also a clinical faculty at the University of North Georgia.