Monica Kent began working for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Crime Laboratory as a Forensic Scientist / Latent Print Examiner in October of 2015. She is a board-certified latent print examiner with the International Association for Identification and started her career in accredited forensic laboratories in 2009 with the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory. Since that time, she has worked for the United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. She is an active professional member of the International Association for Identification and the Tennessee Division of the International Association for Identification where she served as President of the local division (2019-2021).

Monica earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Forensic and Investigative Science from West Virginia University.