Prior to receiving her undergraduate degree in linguistics and international studies from Wayne State University, CS W. Henry was a Master-at-Arms K-9 handler in the United States Navy.

CS W. Henry is an alumna of the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program, which she spent in Romania in 2017-2018.

During her exchange program, she delivered guest lectures on her Indigenous Ojibwe culture at universities in both Romania and Moldova, as well as at American Corners throughout Romania. She also conducted research on the 1989 Romanian Revolution at the Revolution Memorial Association (Asociația Memorialul Revoluției) in Timișoara.