She has completed her B.Sc. (1996) and M.Sc. (1997) at the University of Bucharest (Romania), and her Ph.D. at the University of Ottawa (2001). She was a post-doctoral fellow at Université de Sherbrooke (2001-2003), and a recipient of an NSERC University Faculty Award at University of Ottawa (2003-2008). She served on the NSERC Scholarships and Fellowships Committee. She is interested in probability theory.