She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Policy Studies and Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed her Masters of Education in Educational Foundations and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a Certificate in Ethnic Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her most recent publications include an essay in the journal Educational Perspectives: Journal of the College of Education Special Issue: Filipino Americans and Education (2016) and a book chapter in Philosophy: Education Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks: Philosophy series (2017).