She came to ultrasound as a third career after earning an undergraduate teaching degree and graduate degrees in Public Affairs and Law. She leads the International Team for IFSER and enjoys traveling to developing countries to teach ultrasound. She is an active member of the SDMS and AIUM and has served as an item writer for the ARDMS. Her teaching specialties include abdominal and ob/gyn scanning, vascular sonography, and acoustical physics and instrumentation.