She acquired an MBA in International Business in 2011 from Hodges University. In 2017, she acquired a Doctorate of Philosophy in Business Administration with specialization in International Business from Northcentral University. She has published the following: Government and the private energy sector in Russia: a brief review of the literature, International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp.347–363. In 2019, she joined the International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies as Publisher.