Prior to joining Lambda Legal in 2007, she was the associate legal director for the ACLU of Georgia. She is on the board of directors of the Stonewall Bar Association, and in 2002 she received that organization’s Outstanding Service to the Stonewall Community award for her work developing a public education campaign to reduce hate-based harassment in schools. She received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Georgia State University cum laude, and her law degree from the Georgia State University College of Law.