Monica graduated summa cum laude from Miami University in 2016 with bachelor's degrees in International Studies and Journalism and minors in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies. She was previously a National Security Language Initiative scholar in Morocco, William Jefferson Clinton Scholar at the American University in Dubai, and Critical Language Scholor in Morocco. She served as an intern at the Middle East Institute and the U.S. Embassy in Manama, Bahrain.
Her research interests include female political participation, new media technologies, and formal and informal modes of political engagement in the Middle East.
The College of Arts