In addition to her twelve years of higher education teaching experience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she also taught for four years at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. Dr. Horton also has public high school teaching experience and research experience in both university and private sector laboratories. At NCCU, Dr. Horton has also taught education methods courses for middle grades and elementary pre-service teachers. Upon graduation from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Biology and receiving a Master’s Degree in Biology from UNC-G, she worked for four years in scientific research laboratories at Winston-Salem State University and Bowman Gray School of Medicine.