After graduating from Lehigh University in 2010, Pendleton decided to pursue a career in a field outside of her undergraduate major of study. In 2012, she enrolled in the College Student Affairs Administration program with hopes to give back to and support students in the ways her mentors had supported her. For the past five years, she has more fully engaged with the world of spoken word and poetry, and she uses her passion for poetry to develop a better sense of self and the world around her.