Before working in cloud and data, I started my career working as a high school Geometry teacher. I focused on inspiring low to middle-class high school students to pursue higher education through technology and mathematics. After teaching, I secured a career as a Nuclear Engineer at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA. In 2013, I moved from my hometown of Portsmouth to Alexandria, Virginia, to pursue a career as a SharePoint Engineer. 

I am an outspoken advocate of the inclusion and empowerment of women in STEM fields. I was appointed the Committee Chairperson for Novetta’s Unity Committee, which is Novetta’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging group that provides a forum for employees to cultivate a sense of unity. That opportunity inspired me to pursue my doctorate in Organizational Development & Leadership, focusing on Organizational Diversity. I was fascinated by the systematic inequalities that plagued not just my organization but similar organizations in that space. I am interested in ways organizations can combat systemic injustices within team paradigms.