Viji Srikanth received her B.A. in economics from Holy Cross College in India, and an Associates degree in accounting from Piedmont Virginia Community College. She has progressed through administrative positions in research departments including administrator of the International Healthcare Worker Safety Center and grants administrator in the Department of Neurosurgery, both in the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and is currently Manager of Research and Finance Administration of the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia.