Dr. Lily ta kammala karatun digiri daga Jami'ar Harvard tare da digiri na farko da Jami'ar Jojiya tare da PhD a Rubutun Halittu, kuma mai karɓa ne na John Harvard Scholars, wanda aka bayar zuwa saman 5% na dalibai. Ta yi aiki a Northwestern University, a matsayi na 15 a duniya, kuma yana koyar da Turanci da Humanities a Makarantar Nueva, da No. 1 makarantar gwamnati a yankin San Francisco Bay Area, tun 2014. Ta kasance mai ba da shawara, kocin ilimi kuma kwararre a fannin fanni wanda ya zaburar da dalibai da dama, kuma ya taimaka wa ɗalibai da yawa samun nasarar neman Jami'ar Stanford.