She has been active in the Pan-Asian series of conferences since its inception, and currently is the PAC2 Research Coordinator and Public Relations Chair. Prior to working in Korea, she taught TEFL in Japanese colleges and universities for 12 years where she was active on the national level in JALT. She is a candidate for the MA in TESOL at the School for International Training (SIT), Vermont. Her first MA is from University of Wisconsin-Madison.