She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in English and Master of Arts in Teaching in secondary education from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. She currently advises The Aquilla, a print and online newspaper, and The Madisonian, a yearbook publication, at Madison High School. She is a member of the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association. She regularly participates in journalism conferences at Michigan State University and has participated in MIPA’s judging day. In addition to teaching journalism, she teaches AP literature and composition and ninth-grade literacy and is the adviser of the National Honor Society.