Whitney graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science from the Neag School of Education and also received a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Connecticut in 2014. She began her teaching career in the Fall of 2014 and has been working as a teacher in kindergarten and first grade. Whitney has made it her mission to empower her classes by using technology. She has also created an after school coding program for grades K and 1.