Margaret Walters attended Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, and received a Bachelor of Arts in French language and literature. While living in Great Britain, she earned a master's in education from the University of London. She taught at a high school, where she worked with some disability-related programs, including Kids on the Block, a children's program aimed at increasing awareness of disabilities, and Riding for the Disabled, where she worked with children suffering from cerebral palsy. After returning to the United States to live in California, she continued to teach disabled and disadvantaged children through the public school system. She also attended the National Holistic Institute and became a certified massage therapist. Ms. Walters became certified in cortical field re-education and has had extensive training in craniosacral therapy. She has volunteered at the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, a complementary clinic for low-income women with cancer, and has worked with clients at other care facilities.