Genine received her Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. While there, she was on the Birth-to-Three Training Grant and was awarded the Student Achievement Award by the North Carolina Speech Hearing Language Association. She completed her fellowship at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Hospitals, where she co-founded a speech therapist position with the pediatric HIV/AIDS team as part of the Infectious Disease clinic.
Genine has co-authored two articles and a book chapter about communication and speech disorders in children with HIV/AIDS, and has presented both locally and nationally on this topic. She has co-taught a course on phonological disorders at North Carolina Central University. In addition, she has personal experience as a parent of two children with speech-language issues. Genine currently works for KidSprout Therapy.