 She has also been a community volunteer, serving as president of a committee of the Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, as confirmation leader at her church, and as a member of a committee of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.She served on the board of directors of Brookfield Country Club Women's Association and became a private sector "protégé" of Erie County Executive Christopher Collins serving as an assistant treasurer for his campaign from 2007–2008, according to the "Buffalo News".Corwin has said she entered politics in 2008 because she "could not stand idly by and watch state government spend away our children's future."