She holds a degree in Psychology from New York University (BA, 2007), a graduate degree in Science Education from the City College of New York (MSEd, 2010), and graduate degrees in Nutrition from Hunter College (MS, 2012) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD, 2017). Prior to joining the faculty at Temple, Dr. Tripicchio was a researcher at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.