 From 1994 to 2006, she worked as an aquaculture specialist for the David Suzuki Foundation, the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) and the Pure Salmon Campaign to safeguard wild salmon and to establish sustainable salmon farming.In 2008, she was elected to Victoria City Council, a post she held until 2011.She has volunteered extensively with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.