1969
Is a teaching assistant and specialist in endocrinology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison until 1971.
1972
Teaches at the Department of Defense Schools in Tokyo, Japan until 1974.
1975
Teaches at Poudre R-1 Schools in Fort Collins, CO until 1978.
1984
Earns a Master of Arts in educational administration, summa cum laude, from the University of Colorado.
1984
Is a consultant of school finance for the Colorado Department of Education.
1984
Is an intern assistant principal and teaches at Boulder Valley School District in Boulder, CO until 1987.
1985
Serves as president and a charter member of the Friends of Louisville Library through today.
1987
Is a charter member and former president of the Coal Creek Republican Women through today.
1987
Becomes a member of the Colorado Federation of Republican Women and National Republican Women.
1988
Serves as secretary of the Boulder County Republicans until 1998.
1992
Is interim superintendent for Jefferson County Schools in Golden, CO; Teaches at Mapleton Public Schools in Thornton, CO until 1995.
1992
Serves as director, advisor and state-level advisory board member of Engineering and Science Achievement until 1997.
1993
Is a researcher at the Colorado University Medical Center; Serves as secretary of District 13 Colorado House until 2002.
1995
Is the dean of students at Horizon High School in Thornton, CO until 1996; Is a chemistry instructor at the Colorado School of Mines until 1998.
1996
Teaches at Boulder Valley School District until 1998.
1998
Is project 2061 coordinator in the Department of Chemistry/Education at the University of Colorado Denver until 2000.
2000
Is an instructor at St. Mary’s Academy in Englewood, CO until 2003.
2001
Obtains a Doctor of Philosophy in educational leadership and innovation from the University of Colorado.
2004
Is an education and chemistry instructor at the Metropolitan State University of Denver until 2016.
2008
Serves as chair of the Colorado Local Section of the Rocky Mountain Region of the American Chemical Society.