She holds a BS in Dietetics from Bowling Green State University, an MS in Clinical Nutrition from Tufts University and a PhD in Nutrition with a concentration in ingestive behavior from Purdue University. She completed her dietetic internship at the Frances Stern Nutrition Center where she was awarded the Spitz Scholarship from the Massachusetts Dietetic Association. She also received the Foods and Nutrition Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award while at Purdue.