Her research interests lie in the development of GIS-based approaches for spatial data analytics and visualization. Before joining UCCS in 2016, she was an assistant professor at the University of Montana. She received her B.E. in Geomatics Engineering from University of New South Wales - Australia, her M.E. in Geomatics Engineering from University of Calgary – Canada, and her Ph.D. in Geography and Regional Analysis from University of North Carolina at Charlotte.