Dr. Hammonds earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2004 from Purdue University, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Upon graduation, she joined The Johns Hopkins Hospital as a Point of Care Pharmacist, focused largely in pediatric oncology. While at Hopkins she co-founded the Pediatric Pharmacy Safety Committee and served on the USP-797 compliance committee. In 2006 she moved to New York, where she worked at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center, primarily in the surgery pharmacy. While in New York, she served as the Interim Chair of the Legislative Action Committee for the New York City Society of the New York State Council of Health System Pharmacists. In September of 2007, she relocated to her hometown, York, Pennsylvania, where she has practiced as a community pharmacist for Target. In addition to her professional responsibilities, she is pursuing her Masters of Public Health in Health Policy and Global Health at The George Washington University in Washington, DC.