After earning her BA in Adolescent Education/English and her MS in Differentiated Instruction from Canisius College, in the summer of 2014, she attended the Belfer National Conference for Educators at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Throughout her teaching career, she has stressed the importance of learning from the past, placing a particular emphasis on the morality and social justice lessons found in literature and history. Through working with her students, she is humbled by the hope and inspiration that young people bring to their local and global community.