She previously served as president of the Society’s Green Bay Diocesan Council and is a member of the St. Joseph Conference at Holy Family parish. She also serves as the spiritual advisor for the St. Joseph’s Youth and Young Vincentians. Harper has a bachelor’s degree in thanatology (death education and grief counseling) from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and a master’s degree in pastoral studies from Loyola in Ministry Extension, New Orleans. She is certified as a Vincentian Spiritual Director. Harper teaches for ATTIC Correctional Services, facilitating groups with those on probation or those recently released from prison, and serves as an adjunct faculty member at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College.