Co-Chair, Audit Committee, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Candidate, Arizona State Senate, District 18, 2014

Candidate, Arizona State Senate, District 18, 2012

Western State Director, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, National Education Association

Member, Commission on Minority Education and Minority Educators

Member, National Task Force on Intellectual Freedom

State Representative, Representative Assembly, National Education Association

Co-Chair, Standards Committee, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Member, Task Force on Articulation Document, National Council of Teachers of English

Chair, Task Force on People of Color

Member, Task Force on Teacher Competency, National Council of Teachers of English

Adjunct Faculty, Communication, Humanities, Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Instructor, Computers in Education, Arizona State University

Adjunct Faculty, Language and Humanities, Chandler-Gilbert Community College

Instructor, Mesa Public Schools

Faculty, Research/Teaching, Computer Institute, University of Phoenix

Member, Board of Directors, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

State Director, Board of Directors, National Education Association

Member, Human and Civil Rights Committee, National Education Association

Secretary, International Federation of Teachers of English

Education Director/President, Mesa Branch, Arizona Association of University Women

President, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Member, Resolutions Committee, National Education Association

Executive Board, State Division, American Association of University Women

Awards:

Human and Civil Rights Award, Arizona Education Association, 2011
Excellence in Language Arts Teaching Award, Arizona English Teachers Association, 1989
Tempe Woman of the Year, 1985