Cora graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics-Meteorology. She is from Avon Lake, Oh and graduated from Avon Lake High School. She was fundraising chair and Events Coordinator of the Ohio University chapter of the American Meteorological Society. After OU, Cora is attending graduate school at Iowa State University, getting her masters in Meteorology and specializing in Cloud Physics. She also was a member of the Ohio University Marching 110 for four years. Cora graduated from Iowa State with a Masters of Science in Meteorology and is currently working for University Hospitals as a Data Analyst in Cleveland, Ohio.