After serving as a federal court clerk for two decades, she spent the last five years of her career working with a new drug court attached to the Federal District Court in Spokane. The experience inspired her in several ways and, in reality, she hasn’t stopped. As a volunteer lawyer at the Center, she is now working with her daughter and other partners in the Spokane Smart Justice coalition to pursue her interest in innovative sentencing and treatment, especially for non-violent offenders.