I went directly from elementary school through to PhD without a stop, earning a doctorate in English Language & Literature in 1998, and teaching courses across many disciplines. Teaching offered tremendous lessons in consulting and leadership as well as what it means to set goals and accomplish them with a team.

I also later earned a Masters in Information Systems from Northeastern University – grounding my technical architecture and systems consulting in the core fundamentals of engineering, and bringing together classroom and hands-on work experience.