After obtaining a Master’s Degree in Speech/Language Pathology from California State University, Sacramento in 1988, Ronelle practiced in that field for 5 years. Her experience working with voice disorders and patients who’d suffered a stroke brought her to the field of bodywork and it’s influence on the structures of speech.
Ronelle then obtained her education at the Santa Barbara School of Massage and license to practice in 1995. This led her to phase out of speech pathology altogether and focus on bodywork exclusively.