I served as the Executive Director of the New Mexico Women's Purchasing Council from 1994-1996. From 1983-1993 I was CEO and co-owner of Emerson & Stern Associates, a California-based, linguistic software R&D company, which won an SBIR Success Story award from the SBA. I earned her MFA in Film/Video from California Institute of the Arts, and a BA in physical sciences from the University of California at Berkeley.