Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dr. Ua puka ʻo Lily mai ke Kulanui ʻo Harvard me kahi kēkelē laepua a me ke Kulanui o Georgia me kahi PhD ma Creative Writing, a he loaʻa ʻo ia i ka John Harvard Scholars, i hāʻawi ʻia i luna 5% o na haumana. Ua hana ʻo ia ma Northwestern University, ka 15th ma ka honua, a ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania a me ka Humanities ma The Nueva School, ka No. 1 kula aupuni ma Kapalakiko Bay Area, mai 2014. He kumu aʻo ʻo ia, kumu aʻoaʻo a me ka mea akamai i ke kumuhana nāna i hoʻoikaika i nā haumāna he nui, a ua kōkua ʻo ia i kekahi mau haumāna e noi maikaʻi ana i ke Kulanui ʻo Stanford.