After earning her Bachelor of Arts in Arts, Entertainment and Media Management from Columbia College Chicago, Stacy began a career in radio promotions at WUSN-FM and eventually worked her way up to the national sales team at WBBM-AM. While working closely with the marketing team developing promotions for her clients, Stacy realized her love for marketing and social media.

Stacy headed back to school to earn her MBA in Marketing and International Business and a Master of Science in Integrated Marketing Communication's from Loyola University's Quinlan School of Business. While in graduate school, she began freelancing. Past clients include Click Commerce, America's SAP Users' Group, CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, and Careerbuilder.com. Her digital marketing work has included account management, strategy, training and content creation.