She has an extensive background providing direct services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence, as well as teaching and training on issues of intimate partner and sexual violence. She has served on SCAO working committees to revise and update both the domestic violence screening protocol for mediators and the training curriculum for mediators on use of the domestic violence screening protocol. She has partnered with Zena Zumeta to train mediators in Michigan and Ohio on the dynamics of domestic violence and use of effective screening in family law mediation.