She has also worked at St. Joseph Hospital, Camelback Hospital, Maricopa Medical Center and Health Department, Thunderbird Health Care Center, Glencroft Care Center, and Heartland Hospice. She currently works for the Arizona Department of Health Services as a medical facility license surveyor. In 2008, Hawkins was elected to the board of the National Federation of Grandmothers Clubs of America as its national treasury. Her local club is the Helping Hands Grandmothers.