Susan obtained her ARCT in 1986 and studied at the University of Toronto where she graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education in 1990. She was one of the first graduates of the Licentiate Diploma in Performance and Pedagogy in what is now the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto (1992), and also received her Fellowship Diploma in Piano Performance from Trinity College of Music, London.

Susan was on the piano faculty of the Royal Conservatory of Music from 1991 to 1999, and has been a member of the Royal Conservatory College of Examiners since 1993. Susan is an active member of the Kitchener-Waterloo branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association and has served twice on ORMTA Provincial Council. She is a member of the Canadian Music Festival Adjudicator's Association and has traveled across Canada for her adjudicating and examining. Susan enjoys her private piano studio in Kitchener, and teaches students of all ages.