She won the Leonard Jackson Clinical Excellence Award for the Class of 1981. She was the continuing education chairperson for the Southern California Veterinarian Medical Association. She is a member of many organizations including AAHA, AVMA, SCVMA, Veterinary Cancer Society, Feline Cornell Health Group, The Guide Dogs of the Desert, and Redondo Beach Rotary. She has been practicing veterinary medicine for the past 28 years.