Yuval Mei-Tal was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her undergraduate degree in Human Services at the University of Delaware and continued to receive her Bachelor of Science in nursing at Duquesne University. She began her nursing career in Pittsburgh, where she was a nurse on an Adult Neuro Step Down unit. She continued her nursing career in NYC at New York Presbyterian, where she spent 3.5 years working on the pediatric step-down unit. Yuval currently works as a nurse navigator at PriceMDs.