She received an M.A. in mathematics from Boston College in 1997 and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the State University of New York at Albany in 2004. She has also been employed as an Operations Research Analyst at Mitre Corporation in Bedford, Massachusetts. More recently, she was selected as a 2005-2006 Project NExT National Fellow. Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) is a Mathematical Association of America program for new or recent Ph.D.s in mathematics.