She graduated from Clemson University with her doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction with a focus in special education. Her research interests focus on academic interventions for students with disabilities, including Tier 2 and Tier 3 mathematics interventions. Current research looks at video-modeling and the concrete-representational-abstract sequence to teach mathematical concepts to students with autism. She teaches courses on mathematics accommodations and adaptations for elementary and middle school students, systematic observation and assessments, and Response to Intervention and Instruction.