Benedict and St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, where she teaches anthropology. She has conducted research in rural Lesotho since 2007 in order to examine how the AIDS pandemic has affected orphan care and the structure and makeup of the family in rural Lesotho. She has worked closely with Touching Tiny Lives in order to understand the challenges of service delivery in this remote rural context, and has helped TTL with data collection and continues to collaborate with them on various projects.