She received her Ph.D. in Marketing and International Business from the University of Texas – Pan American (now The University of Texas of the Rio Grande - AACSB accredited). As part of her commitment to continuous education, she has completed the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, The Case Method Seminar at Harvard Business School and is certified on the Chally Assessment, a sales hiring assessment tool, from the Sales Education Foundation. Her passion lies in professional selling and as such, she connects theory with practice by being a faculty coach in national sales competitions. In addition, she is the faculty advisor for Market Share – Marketing, the college’s undergraduate student organization affiliated with the American Marketing Association.