Hope completed her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at the University of Colorado Boulder where her focus was namely on globalization studies. During this time, she also served as the Editor in Chief for the University of Colorado Honors Journal whose principal goal was interdisciplinarity. Hope went on to earn her Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from the University of Montana where she continued to work in publishing while serving as an editor for the university’s literary journal, Cutbank. Hope remains an avid reader and is familiar with many modes and styles of writing.