Ph.D., Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, 1994
Dissertation: Dietary Intake, Health Behaviors and the Presence of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors Among 14- and 15-year-old Adolescents. Texas A&M University. 1994.

L.D. (Licensed Dietitian), Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians, 1994

R.D. (Registered Dietitian), Texas A&M University, College Station, 1992

Texas Educator, Secondary Biology and Vocational Agriculture, Texas State Board for Educator Certification, 1987

M.S., Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, 1991
Thesis: A Comparison of Dietary Intake, Prenatal Care and Obstetric Outcome Among Low-income Adolescents and Women. Texas A&M University. 1991.

B.S., Agricultural Education (Teaching Option), Texas A&M University, 1987

Food Security and relationships between parenting styles: 
Food insecurity and hunger, primarily among households that paticipate in or are eligible to receive food stamp benefits, and nutrition behavior in adolescents. The dietary intakes of adolescents and the prevalence of obesity among adolescents.

Assistant Professor and Didactic Program Director, University of Houston, Human Development & Consumer Sciences, 1995 - 1999
Clinical Dietitian, Bayshore Medical Center, Pasadena, TX, Jan'95 - Jul'95
Assistant Lecturer, Texas A&M University, Human Nutrition, Dept. of Animal Science, Jun'94 - Aug'94
Teaching Assitant, Texas A&M University, Human Nutrition, Dept. of Animal Science, Aug'92 - May'94