Magdalena ndi womaliza maphunziro aposachedwa ku Moravian College, akulandira BA yake mu Philosophy ndi Political Science ndi chidwi kwambiri m'mbiri yamakono ya America. Ndi membala wolembetsedwa wa Socialist Workers Party yaku USA, komanso wokhulupirira zachikazi, wopezekapo, komanso wotsutsa. Magawo ake akuluakulu a maphunziro akuphatikizapo Mikangano ya Palestine-Israeli, mfundo zachilendo zaku America zazaka za m'ma 20, kulimbikitsa anthu ogwira ntchito ndi ogwira ntchito, kuthandiza anthu, nzeru zamakhalidwe ndi ndale komanso kutsutsa masamu. Adzapita ku yunivesite ya Lehigh kumapeto kwa 2011 kuti akachite digiri yake ya Master mu Political Science ndipo panopa ndi wothandizira mphunzitsi mu dipatimenti ya Political Science.