Dr. Pavlaki was born in Crete and earned her medical degree from the University of Crete in 2008. She pursued postgraduate studies and completed her Ph.D. thesis in the Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, focusing on the investigation of neutropenias and myelodysplastic syndromes. As part of her doctoral research, she received specialized training in Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Toulouse, France.

Dr. Pavlaki completed her specialization in Hematology at the University General Hospital of Heraklion, where she gained extensive experience in various hematological conditions, including autologous stem cell transplantations and cellular therapies. She furthered her training in allogeneic transplantation at the General Hospital G. Papanicolaou in Thessaloniki.

After her specialization, Dr. Pavlaki served as a hematologist in the Department of Hematology at the University General Hospital of Heraklion for one year.

Since May 2023, Dr. Pavlaki has been working at the German Oncology Center.