Dr. Laswell earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University in 2012, and after finishing her degree she completed a post-graduate pharmacy practice residency at Grandview Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio, where she developed and researched a discharge medication counseling program for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. For this project, she was awarded a grant from The American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Foundation. During her residency she also obtained a teaching certificate from The Raabe College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University. Dr. Laswell currently practices at Miami Valley Hospital, where she functions as a member of the clinical team in the intensive care unit dedicated specifically to neurology patients.