Her father was a pipe fitter by profession but chose to move the family to Rio Grande Valley to return to college and complete a Bachelor's degree.

[1] Upon graduating high school, she moved to Houston, Texas to attend Rice University and earned her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine.

[2] While earning her medical degree, Verduzco-Gutierrez planned to return to her hometown and work as a pediatrician but she soon decided to pursue a different career after attending in a pre-clinical elective course in sports medicine.

[7] As an associate professor, Verduzco-Gutierrez was chosen to be part of an interdisciplinary team to oversee the clinical trial of the first U.S. patient to participate in a global study of a stem cell therapy injected directly into the brain to treat stroke disability.

[3] In this role, she oversaw the opening of the post-COVID rehabilitation clinic in South Texas to help treat long-term effects including depression.