She received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 2006, where she also earned a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies. At NCC, her primary responsibility is teaching, where she teaches courses such as General Psychology, Social Psychology, Human Adjustment, and Women’s Studies, and engages undergraduate students in research projects on women’s perceptions of sexism, attitudes about masculinity, and student engagement in college. She also received a Graduate Certificate in Parent Education and Parent Guidance from Adelphi University, which helped in creating the program Mentoring Moms, a mentoring program aimed at helping student mothers stay in college and succeed. She lives on Long Island, New York with her husband and two daughters.