She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University in the area of Visual Disabilities. She completed her doctoral degree at Northern Illinois University as a National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairment (NCLVI) Doctoral Fellow. She has also worked as a disability policy researcher in Washington, DC. She taught students who were blind or visually impaired as a teacher of students with visual impairments (TSVI) in the Chicagoland area. She is also a Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS) and a certified school administrator. Most recently, she has been appointed as an Assistive Technology Certification Subject Matter Expert (SME) by the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP).