Her first medical job, in 1980, was working in the King County Health Department. During her career, she held many organizational executive positions, including president of a medical group that grew from three to 27 doctors. In 2007, she retired after 30 years of practice in North Seattle and Edmonds. Since her retirement, she has been concentrating on her interests of biology and ecology. She has volunteered with the Nature Conservancy, both in their office and in the field; worked with King County to identify invasive weeds; became certified as a Native Plant Steward and helped reestablish native plants in Seattle’s Westcrest Park. For four years she was part of the University of Washington’s Costal Observation and Seabird Survey Team and her responsibilities included monitoring South Beach in Discovery Park for dead birds, as bird mortality is an index of marine water pollution.