She started her career as a copy editor at The Salinas Californian before moving to the copy and design desks at the San Jose Mercury News. She worked for several years at the El Paso Times and was managing editor of the Las Cruces Sun-News from 2013 to 2017. She is currently a multimedia journalist at the online news outlet New Mexico in Depth. She received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from San José State University, and a master’s degree in arts and culture writing from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.