Holly completed her PhD in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from the University of California Riverside (UCR) in 2018 with a Designated Emphasis in Public Policy. Holly has served as a founding Director of the National Science Policy Network, founding coordinator of the COVES Policy Fellowship, and a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of State. Currently, Holly is the Administrative Director of a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center, headquartered at the University of Pennsylvania.