Dr. Behrens is originally from Sturgis, South Dakota. She received her medical degree from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota in 1986. Dr. Behrens went on to complete her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Columbia, Missouri at the University of Missouri in 1990. She is a board-certified physician and has had the privilege of providing health care to women on the Kenai Peninsula for over 25 years.