As for her education, she attended an unspecified local high school in her birthplace. After matriculation in 1998, she went on to further her studies by attending California State University Fullerton, from where she graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and political science. After that, she enrolled into an unspecified law school in California, and while there, she won the Miss Orange County USA title, which allowed her to enter the Miss California competition. However, according to her own words, she left law school at some point during her studies in order to dedicate herself to her new job.
