Dr. McAninch graduated from UCLA with a Bachelors of Science in Biology with Honors and despite her loyalty to the UCLA Bruins, she attended the University of Southern California for her dental degree.  She continued her education in dentistry at the University of Pacific where she graduated from the Orthodontic residency program with a Masters of Science in Dentistry. She recently became certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics in 2015. Her husband grew up in Lompoc so she came to the central coast to join the CHC family and to start a family of her own in the area.