Prerna was a clinical fellow in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at UCSF. She completed her undergraduate and medical training at the University of Chicago and then went on to complete her pediatric residency at the University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado. She then worked in the Children's Hospital Colorado Network of Care for one year as a clinical instructor within the department of pediatrics before starting fellowship at UCSF. After a successful research project, she is now academic faculty in a pediatric oncology position.