She teaches general and inorganic chemistry. She completed her undergraduate studies at Drew University, where she conducted research using computational methods to probe the role of metal ions in phosphodiester hydrolysis. She then moved to the University of Illinois, where she completed her PhD with Thomas Rauchfuss, working on the synthesis of small molecule mimics of hydrogenase enzyme active sites. She then completed postdoctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania with Dan Mindiola, where she studied the synthesis and reactivity of titanium nitrides. After a year as a visiting professor at Franklin and Marshall College, she started her position at Providence College last fall. At Providence College, she works with undergraduate researchers, and the research is focused on small molecule activation and the role of redox active ligands in catalytic reactions.