She is a certified Iowa Master Gardener, and the founder and President of the Green Ambassadors, which matches home gardeners with excess produce to food banks and organizations that feed the hungry. During her year of service as Mrs. Iowa International 2016, she and her husband Chad donated over 1,000 pounds of food to the Gospel Mission of Siouxland. She recruited 99 other Green Ambassadors to represent the 99 counties of Iowa. There are also Green Ambassadors in Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois and South Dakota.