Her expertise includes community education, Alaska Native suicide prevention and participatory research. She has been working in Northwest Alaska for over 20 years, and in this time engages community members and service providers in studies that investigate resilience and work to prevent Alaska Native youth suicide. With community partners, she considers the ways that cultural and social systems shape patterns of resilience within families and communities. In collaboration with tribal service organizations, her research considers the ways that prevention programs, health and mental health services can better meet the needs of rural Alaska Native communities and persons.