She holds a B.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies and Human Rights from the University of California, Berkeley and M.A. in Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism from Syracuse University as a Newhouse fellow.​She served as editor in chief of a team that was awarded first place for Best of Web by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and a national and regional Mark of Excellence from the Society of Professional Journalists. Antoinette has been published in The Washington Post, San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly, The Post-Standard, International Business Times and others.