She has experience designing, developing, and teaching fully online undergraduate and graduate courses in educational technology and corporate training. She is also the program coordinator for two fully online undergraduate educational technology specializations. Maria Elena has focused on maintaining teaching excellence and program quality through the mentoring and training of online full time and adjunct faculty. She currently serves as a member of the editorial review board for The Journal of Computer Information Systems (JCIS), and an annual reviewer for the IACIS Issues in Information Systems (IIS). She has also served as secretary and other leadership positions on numerous boards throughout her career. In 2011, she was honored with the IACIS Ben Bauman Teaching Excellence Award. Maria serves as Vice President to the IACIS Executive Board.