Joanne supports the Study Abroad Office as Administrative Assistant. She has been a staff member at Arizona State University since 2012.

Joanne is originally from Boston, where she worked in higher education for fourteen years prior to moving to the Phoenix area. She enjoys reading, travelling, and spending time with family and friends. Her passion for travel and her interest in international cultures developed early from visiting family in Italy since she was young. She attributes her wanderlust to an addiction to travel magazines and her preference for novels that take place in different countries and cultures. Joanne has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the Americas and would love to start traveling to other regions. She received a BA in English Literature from Arizona State University.