She continued to teach school in the New Mexico public school system for a few years, and after receiving her degree from NMSU, began to work as an extension agent for Hispanic and Pueblo villages in New Mexico as part of the New Mexico Agricultural Extension Service NMAES
त्याने नालंदा महाविद्यालय येथून समाजशास्त्रात स्नातकोत्तर केले व त्यांनतर आफ्रिकन अभ्यास ह्या विषयात विद्यावाचस्पती (पी एच डी) करण्यासाठी जवाहरलाल नेहरू महाविद्यालयात त्याची निवड झाली.