She attended University of Minnesota for her Bachelors of Science in Nursing, and the University of St. Catherine for her Masters of Arts in Nursing, specializing as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Kassi was employed at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital as a Nurse Practitioner in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit before joining the Neurology group at Gillette Children's Specialty Hospital in 2013. Her areas of interest include care of complex special needs children and infants, premature infants, and children with epilepsy or malformations.