She joined the Baylor School of Social Work in 2012 following the completion of her doctoral studies at Clark Atlanta University. Prior to coming to Baylor, she was an intervention behavioral specialist and case manager for CHRIS Kids, Inc., in Atlanta, Georgia, where she provided family-based therapeutic services to families and children with severe emotional disabilities. She has also served as a unit program director and victim advocate in the Commercial Sexually Exploited Children’s Unit at Sandy Springs Police Department in Atlanta, Georgia