Stephanie earned her J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where she was deputy editor-in-chief of the Northwestern University Law Review. She was also president of the First-Generation Law Students Association, as well as a teaching and research assistant.
While in law school, Stephanie was a student attorney for the Bluhm Legal Center Environmental Advocacy Clinic and a judicial extern for the Hon. Mary M. Rowland of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. During law school, she was also a summer associate at Selendy Gay.
Prior to attending law school, she was a paralegal case handler at The Legal Aid Society.