Breege graduated in 2001. She started her career in the Regional Burns Unit in St James`s Hospital, Dublin. After this she travelled to Australia and worked in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. She returned home to Ireland for a year and then moved to the Isle of Wight where she worked in a colorectal surgical ward. In 2006 she relocated to Belfast where she took a post in colorectal surgery in The Royal Victoria Hospital. This is where her passion grew in Nutrition Support. In 2015 she became a Nutrition Nurse in the Belfast Trust. She has recently become a member of the BIFA committee.