She graduated from Istanbul University Florence Nightingale Nursing Department in 2011. Then, she graduated from Anadolu University Health Institutions Management Department in 2013 and completed her 2016 master's degree at Bahçeşehir University Nursing Department.

Continuing her career as a specialist nurse, Burcu Yılmaz has been working as an operating room nurse at the Orthopedics Pediatric Orthopedics Academy since 2013.