She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Florida under the advisorship of Dr. Clive Wynne in the UF Canine Cognition and Behavior Lab (now part of the Canine Science Collaboratory) and her Masters in Behavior Analysis in the Organization for Reinforcement Contingencies under the advisorship of Dr. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz. She has taught Principles of Behavior Analysis, Behaviorism in Contemporary Society, Learning and Cognition, and General Psychology, and has earned several awards from the University of Florida for her behavior analytic research and her dedication to the theoretical foundations of behavior analysis.