Courtney first discovered her love of writing about moral issues during her undergraduate years at the University of Pennsylvania (CAS ’00). She went on to earn her Master’s Degree in Bioethics at Penn (MBE ’02), followed by her law degree at Cardozo Law School (JD ’05). Upon graduating, Courtney worked for the American Society of Clinical Oncology, focusing on ethics issues related to clinical cancer research. She is an author of peer-reviewed publications on topics ranging from financial conflicts of interest to the medical and legal implications of cancer genetic and genomic testing, as well as several vignettes addressing ethics in oncology practice. Courtney also served on the National Cancer Institute’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Intramural Research, and worked at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Biotechnology Activities and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Human Research Protections. Courtney currently resides with her family in Northern Virginia and is the proud mom of her young son and daughter.