Vivian graduated from The University of Melbourne in 2015. She completed a rotating internship followed by an Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) internship at a specialty referral hospital in Melbourne. In 2019, she obtained her ANZCVS membership qualification in Emergency and Critical Care. Since then, Vivian has volunteered in shelter clinics overseas, worked in general practice and locumed at multiple emergency clinics before starting full time in ECC at Southpaws in 2022.