I whanau a Yvonne Cagle i West Point, New York, ka mutu ia i Novato High School i Novato, California. I whiwhi ia i tana tohu bachelor i te koiora mai i te Whare Wananga o San Francisco State i te 1981, me te tohu taote o te taote mai i te Whare Wananga o Washington i te 1985. I whakaotihia e ia he whakangungu whakawhiti i te Highland General Hospital i Oakland, California i te 1985 ka whiwhi tiwhikete i roto i te Aerospace Medicine mai i te Kura o Aerospace Medicine i Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, i te 1988. I haere ia ki te whakaoti i te nohoanga i roto i te whanau i Ghent FP i Eastern Virginia Medical School i te 1992 ka whiwhi tiwhikete hei kaitiaki hauora rererangi matua mai i te Federal Aviation Administration i te 1995.
Ko te tau 1985