She graduated from University of Central Florida with an M.A. in Journalism and Broadcast Management in 1979. She worked for the Australian Broadcast Corporation from 1979 until 1988 as the Chief Space Science Correspondent until the coverage in the space program fell off following the Challenger disaster. Just before the Challenger disaster she was one of the 20 finalists for the Journalist in Space program which was cancelled following the death of teacher Christa McAuliffe in the space shuttle Challenger in January of 1986. She is presently slated to begin writing a monthly column for The Advocate beginning in February of 2007. She lives with her life partner in Gainesville, Florida whom she grew up with and met as teenagers in 1969.