Prior to her retirement in 2016, she served as the Director of Systems Advocacy and Litigation at the Advocacy Center, Louisiana’s protection and advocacy agency for individuals with disabilities. She worked for the Advocacy Center from 1997-2016, handling individual and class action litigation enforcing the rights of people with disabilities to be free from discrimination in health care, education, other government programs, housing, and public accommodations. She also participated in agency projects aimed at achieving broad changes in systems that affect people with disabilities in Louisiana.