She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison with a Bachelor's Degree.
Daughter of Jody Lewis Geist and Bill Geist of New York City; Sister of Willie Geist; Daughter-in-law of Joanne Scanlon Wildes and Leland Morgan Wildes of Groton, Connecticut.
She and her team were awarded the 2008 George Foster Peabody Award for Black Magic (2008), a documentary about basketball programs at historically black colleges and universities.
She and her team were awarded the 2010 George Foster Peabody Award for 30 for 30 (2009), a documentary about the founding and the anniversary of ESPN network.