Dr. Saldarriaga obtained her BA degree in 1994 from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, in Lima, Peru and her first dental degree from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, also in Lima. In 2005, Dr. Saldarriaga obtained a second Dental degree in Canada, a DDS from the University of Western Ontario, School of Dentistry. Following, she enrolled in a one-year General Practice Residency In Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Hennpin County Medical Center. She then worked full time at the University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry as an Assistant Professor in Restorative Sciences for another year. She then entered the three year Prosthodontic programme, at the University of Minnesota, where she obtained her Prosthodontic Certificate in 2010. Dr Saldarriaga holds positions as part time instructor in the Graduate and the Undergraduate Prosthodontic Departments at the University of British Columbia, School of Dentistry. She is in full time private Prosthodontic practice in Vancouver, Canada.