Air Force Academy where she has served since 1999. She is an experimental psychologist with an emphasis in behavioral neuroscience (graduated 1997-Colorado State University) and has been conducting inclusion research since 2008. Her research focuses on resilience, employability, inclusion/respect in individuals who are deaf or blind or who have a brain/spinal cord injury. She previously served as Treasurer and President of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association (2015-2016).