She earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Albright College in Psychology and Spanish. When they were younger, she and Screen Free Dad road-tripped to California so she could earn her Master of Arts Degree from Pepperdine University in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. Another cross-country road trip brought them to sunny Miami, Florida, where she earned her Doctorate degree from the University of Miami in Counseling Psychology. She has been teaching university students for the past five years, including courses in Infant and Child Development, Personality Disorders, Theories of Psychotherapy, Lifespan Development, and Introduction to Marriage and Family. She has served as a therapist in university counseling centers, a residential eating disorder center and community mental health centers.