She teaches graduate students who are completing their Reading Specialist credential and directs two CSUF (California State University, Fullerton) Reading Centers for struggling and remedial readers (Pre-Kindergarten-Adult) attending to the influences of linguistic, social, cultural, physical, psychological, intellectual and educational factors on learning to read, and reading to learn. Her research interest is the planning and delivery of effective instruction (K-2) based on assessment (state standardized tests).