Campbell was born in Albany, New York, and grew up in Hawaii, Nevada, and northern California. She began playing violin in a Suzuki method preschool class at age three. At age eight, she performed solo with the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra. As a senior in high school, she was selected as a Presidential Scholar and performed at the Kennedy Center.
She completed high school as a student in the Young Artists Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and continued collegiate work at the Cleveland Institute, where she studied with David Cerone and Donald Weilerstein. Campbell transferred to Stanford University in 2000. She studied computer science, logic, linguistics, and psychology. While at Stanford, she studied violin with Gennady Kleyman, the Soviet-born musician who chaired the university's violin department. In 2004, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in symbolic systems and an MA in sociology.
Campbell has appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and Dallas Symphony. She has soloed at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Sydney Opera House, Hollywood Bowl, and Barclays Center. She has performed duets with Andrea Bocelli, Sting, Michael Bublé, Chris Botti, Josh Groban, Rod Stewart, and Julio Iglesias.

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