Prior to her tenure with the Memphis Symphony, Ms. Puckett completed three years with the New World Symphony Orchestral Academy in Miami Beach, Florida. During the time that Ms. Puckett was a member of the New World Symphony, they performed in Carnegie Hall in New York City, and in Rome, Italy at the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

Originally trained as a violinist, Ms. Puckett received her Bachelors degree in violin performance from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. She has also attended various summer music festivals such as the Brevard Music Center, Sewanee Summer Music Center, Meadowmount School of Music, National Repertory Orchestra, Sarasota Music Festival, Spoleto USA, and the Aspen Music Festival. The Aspen Music Festival led her to the University of Colorado in Boulder where she received her Masters degree in viola performance. Ms. Puckett held graduate teaching assistantships for the three years that she was at the University of Colorado, including being a member of the graduate string quartet.

Teaching is also a big part of Ms. Puckett's career. During the summer, she holds a viola faculty position with the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her duties here include performing with the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra, teaching private students, and coaching chamber music. In Memphis, Ms. Puckett holds a studio of sixteen violin and viola students, coaches one string quartet, and is a mentor at the Stax Music Academy throughout the year.

Over the years, Ms. Puckett has played professionally with many other orchestras including the Colorado Symphony, Alabama Symphony, Missouri Symphony Society, Tuscaloosa Symphony, Tupelo Symphony, and the Central City Opera. In addition to her new position with the Memphis Symphony, her leadership experience includes principal viola with the 2005 Mahlerfest in Boulder, Colorado, numerous occasions with the New World Symphony, and throughout her college career as concertmaster, principal second violin, and principal viola.