She has also worked in Washington, DC for the ABC News program This Week with David Brinkley and Time-Life Television’s Lost Civilizations, which won a national Emmy for Best Informational Series. Bonnet’s experience includes work as a production manager for the Telluride Film Festival, location specialist for the Colorado Film Commission, producer for KRON-TV in San Francisco, and coordinating producer for HDNet’s World Report series. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the University of Colorado, and a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). In 2008, Patti Bonnet co-directed the documentary Come Back to Sudan with Daniel Junge.