Ms. Stanton graduated with honors from the University of New Mexico School of Law. She completed an internship with Chief Justice Judith Nakamura of the New Mexico Supreme Court and an internship with the Honorable James O. Browning at the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.  She also served as the Manuscript Editor for the New Mexico Law Review. Ms. Stanton graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in writing, also with honors, from New School University in New York, NY. 

Prior to law school, Ms. Stanton worked in advertising, marketing, and print journalism. She was born and raised in southern Arizona, attending school first in Phoenix and later moving to Tucson.