For more than 20 years, she has worked with chronic illness populations including cancer, HIV, and sickle cell disease. Since 2012, she has been on the board of directors of the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS), the international ACT organization; she currently holds the office of President. She also is on the board of the Pain and Contextual Medicine special interest groups within ACBS, and co-chairs the Pain special interest group of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. Moreover, her research and clinical work has been presented at four past ACBS World Conferences, and at medical and psychology conferences across the country.