After completing a bachelors at The University of Göttingen in Molecular Ecosystem Sciences, Hanna began her research journey through an internship at Cornell AgriTech in 2016. She then continued with lab and field research as an ORISE participant through the USDA-ARS-GGRU, also at Cornell AgriTech. Hanna then transitioned from the USDA to the Horticulture Section at Cornell University in 2022 where she continues to share her expertise in perennial fruit crop research in the field and lab.