Prior to her work at Seattle University, she collaborated in a private institution in Monterrey, Mexico as math and science high school teacher, curriculum supervisor, and head of the natural science department. Also, she developed the science curriculum for a high-needs vocational high school. Ana was a secondary teachers’ professional development instructor on reform-based teaching practices and curricular design. As an undergraduate, she studied food industry engineering. She has a master’s in education and organizational development from the University of Monterrey. She studied her Ph.D. in Teaching, Curriculum, and Learning at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.