She graduated from the Peddie School in New Jersey and received her bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College in 2012.
[1][2][3] She initially planned to pursue a career as an attorney, but turned her interest towards filmmaking in college.
[4] Poe has named Terence Nance, Anna Rose Holmer, and Kasi Lemmons as three of her mentors.
Her nonlinear story received positive reception online, with director Terence Nance agreeing to executive produce the project.
[7] Poe's second feature film, The Young Wife (starring Kiersey Clemons, Judith Light, Leon Bridges, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Kelly Marie Tran), was released at South by Southwest in March 2023.