She obtained her PhD from the University of Montreal ( http://diro.umontreal.ca/accueil/ ) in 1995 on the topic of Natural Language Generation. Then she obtained an NSERC Industrial Postdoctoral Fellowship and worked on the development of the Antidote Software ( http://www.antidote.info/ ) at Druide informatique Inc. ( https://www.druide.com/ ) From 1998 to 2001, she then served as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Montreal within the RALI group ( http://rali.iro.umontreal.ca/rali/?q=en/homepage ) , and in 2001, she joined Concordia University.