She has been a teacher at Lehigh University, Community College of Philadelphia, Bucks County Community College and the University of the Arts, as well as for the School District of Philadelphia. Growing up, Ms. Bavaro attended public school in the city of Yonkers as well as in the hamlet of Hopewell Jct., both in NY. After high school, she moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to attend Lehigh University, and she did so with the intention of becoming a Civil Engineer. However, her sophomore year at Lehigh taught her that she prefers the art that words make, and she wished to understand how the world works through applied poetry rather than applied mathematics.