Kathy graduated with honor from American High School located in Miami Lakes, Florida. A member of the National Honor Society, the Key Club and the French Club. Her name was published in the Who's Who among American High School Students as a young adult. Graduating among the top 10%of her graduating class, Kathy continued her studies and received her Bachelor's degree with honors in 1995 from St. John's University located at Staten Island, New York. She continued her studies at the American University Washington College of Law, where she obtained her Juridic Doctorate Degree in 1998. Kathy is admitted to the Florida State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, and the Lee County of Florida Bar Association, where she is actually practicing. Kathy is fluent in French and Haitian Creole.