She is an adjunct professor at Columbia University, Teachers College. She holds a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College, an M.A. from Teachers College, and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Adelphi University. Previously, she was a senior psychologist and Program Director at Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Basu was born in Canada and raised in India. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, Ranjan and their son, a Tutorial House student at UNIS.5