[1][2] Her family are from Argentina, and her parents both worked as translators for the Los Angeles court system.

[1] She attended University of California, Los Angeles as an undergraduate, where she studied sociology and graduated cum laude.

[7] Her doctoral thesis considered how adolescent development impacted sexual and contraceptive behaviour.

Brindis was involved with the first evaluation of the 1115 Medicare waiver, which supported subsidised family planning in California.

She has studied the impact of implementing the Affordable Care Act on young adults and the health of participants of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme.