Whitney graduated from Mary Baldwin University (formerly Mary Baldwin College) with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in Creative Writing, which she obtained from the four-year university in three years. Post-graduation in 2012, she began a part-time position as a Program Coordinator with Partnership for the Future, assisting high school students from challenging circumstances transition as first-generation students to college. After three months with the non-profit organization, she was promoted to a full-time position as Office Manager assisting with all administrative aspects of fund development, grant management, working closely with the finance team to ensure proper classification of revenue and expenses, drafting correspondence on behalf of the President and CEO, and producing board meeting minutes, among other duties. Shortly after, in 2015, she was promoted to her final role with the company as Relationship Manager, where she was responsible for recruiting an average of 50 paid internships for high school students annually with local corporations like WestRock, Capital One, Dominion and CarMax, to name a few, and nonprofits as well. Whitney completed the intensive nine-month Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Program in 2015, in addition to other leadership training programs, which prompted her to expand on her roles in the community and at church. She has successfully completed several business courses at the graduate level at Virginia Commonwealth University. She serves as the Co-Founder of Patience for Patients, LLC and manages business operations. Whitney is often referred to as the “brains of the business.”