She is especially interested in raising student awareness of the profound connection between the United States and Mexico, has taught Spanish and Latin in Los Angeles area private schools for over 30 years, and currently teaches at Crestview Preparatory School in La Cañada, California. During her career, she has developed an elementary school Spanish curriculum that includes teaching Spanish language within a historical context. As a historian her work has been published in Perspectives: A Journal of Historical Inquiry and she is a Michael Kimmel Scholarship recipient. She earned a M.A. in History from California State University at Los Angeles, and graduated Cum Laude from Occidental College with a B.A. in Spanish Literature.