Mary graduated from Columbia University School of Social Work in 2019. She also holds a Masters of Education from Long Island University and has over twenty-five years of experience as an educator. Her students included honors high school, at-risk, behaviorally and economically challenged teens, and adult learners in a rural community college setting. She worked tirelessly for several years advocating for men facing housing and employment bias. She currently collaborates with local and state leaders and stakeholders to approach traditional community solutions through a Power, Race, Oppression, and Privilege (PROP) lens. She also serves as a mitigation and resource consultant for a health care law firm. In her spare time, she enjoys engaging her Border Terriers and Dandie Dinmont Terriers in performance and conformation events throughout North America.