She is also the Executive Director of STEM Outreach at the Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University. Dr. Sanghera is focused on developing opportunities for K-12 teachers' professional development, offering engineering and technology related camps for K-12 students while creating a community of practice for like-minded people who wish to participate in STEM initiatives. She is also affiliated with the Virginia/DC branch of NCWIT and sponsors several NCWIT AspireIT outreach programs. Before academia, Dr. Sanghera worked as a Software Engineer developing security software used to protect web servers and their resources.