Professor Schwartz graduated University of Phoenix and Carlow College (Pittsburgh, PA) with an MS in Computer Information Systems Management, and has experience in various computer-related fields.

Her passion to educate drove her to teach in various subjects for over 20 years. Ms. Schwartz first started teaching in the late 1980s when she taught Meteorology in the US Navy for many years. Later, Ms. Schwartz taught high school and college-level classes in Computers and Spanish.  Before working as a teacher, she worked as a Business Systems Analyst for a major hospital system in Pittsburgh, PA.