Dr. Maxis completed her Ph.D. in Counselor Education - School Counseling and Guidance at University of Florida, Gainesville in 2011. She earned the M.Ed. and Ed.S. in School Counseling and Guidance from University of Florida and a B.S. in Mathematics Education from Oakwood University, Huntsville, Alabama. For her doctoral research, she examined the relationship between school counselor self-efficacy beliefs about their general practice at urban, underperforming high schools and the rate of Black males’ high school completion.