Dr. Schwab was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Music at the University of Wisconsin, she was a violist in the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra before switching gears to a career in medicine. She attended Northwestern University Medical School, then completed her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. She was an Assistant Professor in the Department of OBGYN at Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School for two years, and then spent two years in private practice in upstate New York. Dr. Schwab became board certified in OBGYN in 2015. She is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.