After attending Covina High School, Demi went on to run at Mt. Sac and then transferred to Cal St Fullerton where she ran for 5 years. During that time, she completed her Bachelor and Masters degree in Political Science and was awarded Big West All-Academic three times. Lastly, she helped her team win the Big West Cross Country Championship for the first time in school history.
After graduation, she volunteered at a couple high school programs as an assistant coach while working in Parks and Recreation for the City of Monterey Park. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in Political Science at Claremont Graduate University. She hopes to become a professor and a head coach in the future.