Colucci graduated from North Carolina State University with a MS in Plant Pathology. After graduating, she worked in the mountains of NC with commercial vegetable growers as an area agent for the NC Cooperative Extension Service. Since 2013, Colucci has been a Technical Sales Representative for HM. Clause, Inc. (Harris Moran) throughout the Southeast. When she is not educating everyone she knows about vegetables, Colucci enjoys being a dog mom to Hank and Willie.