She previously served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Michigan State University College of Law and a Fellow at California Western School of Law. After clerking for Judge Gould of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Armstrong of the Oregon Court of Appeals, she worked for several years representing Indian tribes, first as in-house counsel for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and then as an Associate at Kanji & Katzen, PLLC. Her practice primarily centered on environmental and natural resources law. She has written extensively on tribal sovereignty under federal law and also writes on tribal law and sexuality and the law. In addition to her work as a scholar, she is also a poet and essayist.