She completed her 200-hr and 500-hr Lila Yoga Teacher Training with Erica Kaufman, which included studies at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India. She also completed a 200-hr YogaStream Teacher Training with Lara Heimann in Costa Rica. She has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Illinois, and also served as the Associate Director of Human Imaging at the Penn State Social, Life, and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center (SLEIC). She currently teaches yoga in the Penn State Kinesiology Department, at the Penn State Student Health Center, Lila Yoga Studios, and One on One Fitness in State College, PA. She is also available for private sessions.