Stephanie grew up in Chicago and received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in education. She began teaching in general education on the west side of Chicago in 1996 and continued teaching when she moved to California in 2001. She became interested in special education when her oldest son, Henry, started kindergarten and parents began asking for help with student and IEP support. After doing lots of research to answer those questions, Stephanie decided to get her degree in special education. She started working as a special day class teacher in Redwood City in 2017.

Stephanie and her family have been members of Beth Am since 2010, and in 2022, she joined the Beth Am education team as inclusion specialist. She lives in Menlo Park with her two boys, Emmett (13) and Henry (17), her mom and their two dogs.