As an adult the author continued her education, successfully obtaining diplomas in Community Services – Youth Work and Drug and Alcohol. She has worked with young people as a drug and alcohol outreach worker, and now teaches for the Community Service sector at TAFE. She also teaches Yoga and Meditation, practices Reiki, and has been commissioned a Special Minister of the Eucharist.
She is a member of the Australian Writers Association and has had short stories and prose published in various publications.