Dr. Hildenbrand received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana. She attended the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago, Illinois where she received her Doctoral Degree. She received several honors including two academic awards in addition to induction into the Beta Sigma Kappa and Tomb & Key Academic Societies. Dr. Hildenbrand completed her Ocular Disease Externship at Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital in Olympia Fields, Illinois.