Stefanie obtained her BA in environmental science from Washington University in St. Louis, JD from The University of Texas, and MSLS from the University of North Texas. During her legal career, she clerked at the Martin County District Court in Minnesota and worked as a staff attorney at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. After pivoting to a career in law librarianship, she served as the Reference and Academic Outreach Librarian at Vermont Law and Graduate School before coming to UO.