She started working for Umpqua Community College at the Job Corps site in 1996. She teaches students ranging in age from 16 to a possible 26. These students come to the program with many different levels of skills. She has taught reading, cultural diversity, parenting, math, personal finance, and (recently) ocean science. She greatly enjoys it when a student's "lightbulb" turns on. She will be participating in the cruise as a volunteer teacher at sea.