She received her Ph.D. in 2015 from Rutgers. Before graduate school, she worked in account management at advertising industry firms such as BBDO New York and Gotham, Inc. At Manhattanville, she teaches classes that address communication theory; advertising, public relations, and culture; gender and media; and public speaking. She is also looking forward to developing courses that focus on meanings of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality in past and present media culture.