Erica received her Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 2023 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2024. 

During her legal studies Erica worked as a caseworker in the Criminal Law Division at Downtown Legal Services and co-led the Sex Workers Rights Working Group at the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Law. She also completed a placement in the Criminal Justice Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association through Pro Bono Students Canada. Following her second year of law school, Erica was a research assistant in the field of privacy law, and the Research and Investigations Intern at Physicians for Human Rights. 

Prior to attending law school Erica obtained an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy from Western University, and an MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics.