Dr. Marina Hagens received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Jacksonville before obtaining a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Phoenix in Europe. She also completed her Executive Master in Finance (MIF) degree from the TIAS School for Business and Society in Tilburg, a city in the Netherlands. Dr. Hagens went on to graduate with a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from both the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine and UMC Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Dr. Hagens calls many places home. Throughout her life, she has lived in different areas of the world, including the Netherlands and Suriname, a country in South America. She was inspired to become a dentist by her father, who was a dentist himself.