Dr. Lindgren graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas with a bachelor’s degree in neurobiology and a certificate in business foundations. During college, she was heavily involved with serving the community both as the vice president of a service organization and as a volunteer leader at a nearby hospital. She was also a campus tutor of chemistry, biology, finance, and accounting.

Dr. Lindgren moved to Lubbock, Texas to pursue her MD/MBA at TTUHSC School of Medicine and Rawls College of Business. During that time, she worked at the University Writing Center to help healthcare students and faculty revise their writing on essential materials, including research papers, personal statements, and CVs. She also served on the admissions committee for two years and interviewed applicants for medical school, providing feedback to the school. In addition to this work, she mentored pre-medical and other medical students for medical school and residency applications. After medical school, Dr. Lindgren completed anesthesiology residency training at Baylor College of Medicine and is currently an adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellow at Texas Heart Institute.