[1] Before working at the Whitney, Panetta spent five years in the Painting and Sculpture Department of the Museum of Modern Art, New York as a curatorial assistant, where she was involved with MoMA's 2007 Richard Serra retrospective and the 2009 retrospective on the Belgian artist James Ensor.
[5] She has also curated solo presentations by Willa Nasatir and MacArthur Genius awardee Njideka Akunyili Crosby.
[7] When asked about their selections towards younger artists of color, the curators explained that they found other common threads in the struggles among artists today including "a sense of urgent financial and professional struggle due to college debt, real-estate development, and gentrification.
"[8] Panetta contributed to a survey book on James Ensor, published by MoMA in 2009 to accompany an exhibit at the museum.
As of 2015, Panetta was working to complete her PhD, with a focus on modern and contemporary sculpture, at The Graduate Center, CUNY.