She served as a teacher, principal and superintendent in the Texas school system for 35 years. Governor George W. Bush appointed her as a member of the Texas State Board of Educator Certification. She served as the first female president of the Texas Association of School Administrators and is active in the American Association of School Administrators. The focus of her work is serving as coordinator of the Texas A&M cohort programs in the San Antonio and Houston areas and working with master's and doctoral students in principal and superintendent preparation. She is co-director of Administrative Leadership Institute and co-author of the The Superintendent as CEO: Standards-Based Performance (2005).