She is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Sports Medicine, is associate professor of PM&R at Harvard Medical School and an attending physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.

[4] She has used a wheelchair since the age of 18 months, following a farming accident resulting in a spinal cord injury located at the T10 vertebra.

[5] She later attended the University of Arizona, where she was a member of the school's wheelchair racing team, and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in molecular and cellular biology.

[1] Blauwet began her sporting career as a wheelchair sprinter, but later focused on longer distances.

[12] Blauwet has taken on many leadership and advocacy roles, focusing on promoting physical activity and a healthy lifestyle for individuals with disabilities.

[18] She spoke on the floor of the United Nations in 2015 for the UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace[19] and was keynote speaker at the Boston celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.