She obtained her degree from the University at Buffalo. She is a woman’s health nurse practitioner who works in the Women’s Health Practice at Strong Memorial Hospital and also at the Livingston County Women’s Health Clinic. She is trained as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. Her dissertation explored the lived experience of dating violence for college-aged women. She is currently working on a follow-up study on dating violence with this group and will continue to focus her research in the area of violence against women