Cassie holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Media Studies from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. She then gained Early Years Teacher Status and a Postgraduate Certificate in Early Years from University of St. Mark & St. John, Plymouth, UK. Cassie also graduated with a Masters in Education from the University of Plymouth, specialising in education for sustainability.

Following university, Cassie worked as a Kindergarten Supervisor and Teacher in Dubai, then returned to the UK where she worked in a Montessori school and later became Deputy Manager of an Early Learning Centre. Cassie travelled to Australia, where she worked as a Pre-Kindergarten Teacher supporting children to learn empathy, care for the environment and to love and explore the world around them. Cassie has now worked at Kensington for five years. She was a Lead Teacher from Creche to Nursery classes.