She is also an adjunct research scientist at the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University. Prior to joining academia, Arora worked as a consultant at McKinsey and Co., and an investment banker at Citi. She was also a post-doctoral scholar at the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED), Columbia University. Arora received her Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University. She also has a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a BBA summa cum laude from John Cabot University (Rome, Italy).