Colleen obtained her law degrees from the University of McGill in 1998. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Alberta, and her Masters of Science in Community and Regional Planning from the University of British Columbia.
Colleen was called to the bar in New York State in 1999, and British Columbia in 2013, opening Frontier Law in 2017. Colleen is a general practice solicitor with a particular interest in surface rights and the environment.