[6] She graduated as valedictorian from Long Island University C. W. Post Campus in 2008 and then became a PhD candidate at the Mount Sinai Medical School[6][7] in biomedical science.

While training for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Michta-Coffey taught at Suffolk County Community College as an adjunct professor.

Michta-Coffey married her Sachem High School sweetheart Joe Coffey on July 3, 2014.

[9] Michta-Coffey was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Track & Field Category with the Class of 2016.

Michta-Coffey is the loving mother to two beautiful children, Liliana Marie and Daniel Chester.