She began her career as a Marine Biologist as a graduate of Oregon State University. She worked on board a research vessel for several years before starting her path in a medical career. She started as a phlebotomist and a diener in pathology performing autopsies in San Health Sciences University in the development of the cryotherapy treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity with Drs. Earl Palmer and Velma Dobson. From here she began her journey into a more fulling nursing career at the Providence Medical Center in the Pacific Northwest where she began her foundation in hospice and palliative care. Today she has found the perfect balance working as a nurse practitioner in Family Practice and in Hospice and Palliative care.