[4][5][6] Dr. Caron was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, to an Ojibwe mother and an Italian immigrant father.

[10] While completing her MD at the UBC Faculty of Medicine, Caron was again recognized as being the top ranked student.

[14] She received the 2016 Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

[16] Caron currently works as an associate faculty member at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

[18] Dr. Caron was appointed the inaugural First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) Chair in Cancer and Wellness at the University of British Columbia in 2020.