Pence did film production internships while in college.[6] In 2013, she interned at WFYI, a public broadcasting station in central Indiana, working in the television production department.[16] Pence was the associate producer and co-writer of the 2013 documentary film Fleeced: Speaking Out Against Senior Financial Abuse, which highlights "the stories of seniors who have been scammed by financial predators".[16] The film won a 2014 Emmy award for the Lower Great Lakes region.[16] Pence has since worked on several documentary and short film projects.[16] She said in 2016 that she "[wanted] to go into the creative side of film production, looking at stories and books and scripts and real life stories and taking those to the screen".[6] Pence's biography for the documentary film For the Records states, "She hopes to pursue a career in writing for film and documentaries after college."[16]