She received her undergraduate social work diploma from the University of Zululand, South Africa; a Master degree in social work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a concentration in Aging, and a PhD in Administration and Planning from Clark Atlanta University, Georgia. She holds an online teaching certificate from Rutgers University E-College; a NJ certificate in School Social Work and was a recipient of a scholarship to the Harvard Institute of Higher Education’s Management & Leadership Development Program.