She is currently the editor of both religion and food sections at the "Houston Chronicle," a Hearst newspaper and the largest newspaper in the U.S. with a stand-alone religion section. She has won numerous awards at state and national levels for news and feature writing and editing. At the "Houston Chronicle," she was editor of several major projects, including stories that won the Dart Award and the James Beard Award. She is a longtime active member of the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors and in 2009 was the president of that group, the largest trade organization for newspaper features editors. Its members oversee coverage of books, food, religion, and other lifestyle and arts/entertainment topics at newspapers large and small across the U.S.