Dr. Miller and Dr. Shabo graduated from Illinois College of Optometry, located in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago. They met during the first week of clinic and started a friendship that would later form the foundation of their marriage, family, values, and business. After graduation, Dr. Shabo grew her clinical practice in and around the Chicagoland area. Dr. Miller further continued his clinical training and completed a residency in ocular disease at the Hershel "Woody' Williams VA Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia.