Originally from North Carolina, Dr. Kristen Eguren completed dental school at East Carolina University - School of Dental Medicine in 2018. She then completed her prosthodontic residency at the University of Louisville in 2021 and stayed local as faculty at the dental school working with the dental students in the Advanced Prosthodontics Clinic and the prosthodontic residents in their specialty clinic.

She went on to complete her maxillofacial prosthetic fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering in 2025 and returned to Louisville as the director of Dental Service at Brown Cancer Center.

Outside of dentistry she is a collegiate lacrosse official and spends her free time hiking, camping, and taking road trips with her wife Jennifer and dog Luna.