Currently Vermont's TANF/Reach Up Administrator, she has worked for the State of Vermont for nine years. A graduate of Saint Michael's College with a Bachelor's of Art degree in Psychology, she began her career providing direct service to TANF clients at the Orange County Parent Child Center. In 2007 she began her career with the Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families, Economic Services Division as a Reach Up case manager. She has worked since 2010 in Reach Up central office interpreting rules and providing guidance to line staff and graduated from the Agency of Human Services Leadership Development Program in May 2014. More recently she had the opportunity to oversee Vermont's Reach Up Substance Abuse and Mental Health Program established in late 2013 among other grants and contracts that support Vermont's TANF program and the clients we serve.