Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | J.D. | Teachers College, Columbia University, 1984 | Doctorate in Continuing and Higher Education | Teachers College, Columbia University, 1984 | M.A. | Lehigh University, 1975 | Master in Education | Moravian College, 1974 | B.A. | Honors: Admitted to Hall of Fame for Field Hockey in 2007 | Major: Sociology and Psychology

Fellow, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and U.S.A. Chapter, 2008 - Present

Commission on the Future of Moravian College: Global Engagement Task Force, 2000 (Member) | American Bar Association, International Section, 2005 - 2006 (Vice-Chair, International Family Law Committee) | Northampton County Bar Association (Member, Past Board of Governors)

Presenter: "Virtual Visitation”, Provide Personal Video Conferencing between Parents and Children, Northampton County Bench Bar Conference, October 28, 2006 | Presenter: "Safeguarding Children from Parental Abduction: Preventative Strategies in Custody Cases", International Family Law Society Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2005 | Presenter, "Counseling Business Clients Regarding International Family Law Issues", Spring Meeting of the ABA Section of International Law, New York, April 4, 2008 | Presenter - Coordination of abduction and recovery resources between the United States and the Dominican Republic - lecture to attorneys in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2001 | Presenter - "What Every Judge Should Know about Child Abduction", National Association of Women Judges Conference, National Conference, Manhattan, New York, 2001 | Presenter – "Child Abduction, Alienation and Abuse,", International Child Abduction Conference, Washington D.C., by PARENT International, 2001 | Presenter - "Child Abduction", National Association of Women Judges’ District 2 Conference in New York, 2000 | "International Child Abduction", Presentations to Lawyers, Judges, Court Personnel and Social Workers, Berlin, Germany, 1999 | "Missing and Exploited Children: Parental Kidnapping", Panel at the Second World Congress on Family Law and the Rights of Children and Youth held in Association, Annual Conference of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, San Francisco, CA., 1997 | "Statutes and Regulations on Abduction and Kidnapping..", "Women, Children and Domestic Violence: Current Tensions and Emerging Issues", Fordham University, Sup. Ct. of NY, Appellate Division Ist Dept., Lawyers Comm. against Domestic Violence & NY State Judicial Comm. on Women, April 26, 1998 - April 27, 1998