She teaches Magazine Writing, Advanced Magazine Writing, Writing for Interactive Multimedia, Press History, and Multimedia Storytelling. She received a B.B.A. in Business Administration from Saint Mary’s College of Notre Dame and an M.A. in Journalism from New York University. She has spent more than 20 years as a magazine writer and editor in New York and Philadelphia for such publications as W, Women’s Wear Daily, Self, and Philadelphia Style, which she helped launch in 1999. Her bylines have appeared in publications like Women’s Health, Martha Stewart Living, InStyle, New Jersey Life, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.