 She had previously served as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2010 after serving as Policy Director of the Obama for America campaign.Higginbottom attended Chenango Valley High School in Binghamton, New York.She received her Master of Public Policy degree from the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at George Washington University.