 She currently serves as the Director of Education and Folk Art at the Erie Art Museum, where she has taught classes as part of the Earth Force Call to Action youth workshop program  and has participated in more than 30 long-term residencies with pre-school, elementary, middle school, and adult students.She is active in the Unitarian Universalist Church, and has taught and performed there along with Tanzanian musician Fadhil Nkurlu, and appeared on their radio show "Studio One" with Karen Impola.Other collaborations with Nkurlu include classes at the University of Northern Iowa and Chautaugua Institute in New York State.