Dr. Blas earned her Doctorate in Optometry in 1993 from the SUNY college of Optometry located in Manhattan. Her most recent job was with Peninsula Ophthalmology Group in Daly City and Burlingame, California, after moving back to the San Francisco Bay Area in the summer of 2016. Previously, she practiced at McDougal Eye Center in Mesa, Arizona, and Optical Expressions in Scottsdale. Both are private practices that concentrate in primary care optometry, which includes contact lenses, emergency care, glaucoma management, and post-op care with regional ophthalmologists. Additionally, she served as an adjunct clinical assistant professor at Midwestern University Eye Institute in Glendale, Arizona, where she was an attending optometrist for third-year optometry students.