Stacey received her B.A. from Fairfield University in history and her M.A. in education from the University of St. Joseph.

Ms. Valenti most recently taught at the Forman School in Litchfield, CT, where she was a dorm parent and advised students; she has also worked as a math teacher at Richmond Consolidated HS in Richmond, MA and at Hamden HS in Hamden, CT. Ms. Valenti earned a bachelor’s of science in mathematics and secondary education at Southern Connecticut State University and a master’s in math education from Mount Holyoke College.