She holds a master of education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign specializing in adult education. Since 1972, Winters has been with University of Illinois Extension. She is presently the Extension Unit Educator, Youth Development in the Cook South Suburban Unit. She serves on the board of directors for The Center, a nonprofit community organization that serves the south suburbs. Winters presently works with more than 11,000 residents in south suburban Cook County including 400 adult volunteer leaders and more than 8,000 4-H'ers in the schools and community.
Winters is a program planner.
She collaborates with social service agencies, community problem solving organizations, educational systems, villages and governmental bodies within south suburban Cook County to plan educational programs. One such program is the Parent Institute. Winters serves on the year-round program committee with other professionals and helps develop the conference tracks and workshops. The Parent Institute reaches more than 1,200 south suburban parents annually.