Mitzi earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the City University of New York. In 2002 she obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Albany Law School. She moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, and worked for Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, where her practice was concentrated in the areas of dissolution of marriage and domestic violence. In 2005 Mitzi relocated to Tampa and joined BALS. She is based on-site at the Family Justice Center, where she assists victims of domestic violence obtain injunctions.