Ross was born on June 16, 1982, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Iselin where she attended John F. Kennedy Memorial High School.

[19] In October 2017, Marijuana Venture magazine featured Ross as one of their "Women To Watch" and highlighted her work as a cannabis scientist.

[20] In 2019, Ross was a featured speaker along with former NFL player and Celebrity Big Brother star Ricky Williams at SXSW on a panel called Cannabis and Wellness: The Body and Beyond.

[22] In 2018 Ross published Vitamin Weed, the first guide for doctors and patients to understanding diseases of endocannabinoid deficiency and why cannabis treats them.

[29][30][31][32] Ross founded the Endocannabinoid Deficiency Foundation in Los Angeles, California, which later changed to the name IMPACT Network in 2016 after moving to Denver, Colorado.

[36] She gave an interview in 2014 to Emmy-winning journalist Amber Lyon of Reset.Me about DMT,[37][38] which garnered over three million views on Youtube.

[41] Besides having fibromyalgia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),[42] she has struggled with severe pelvic pain and was once put in a psychiatric hold because of it.