[1][2] Upon her May 1991 graduation from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Feld put her bachelor of science in electrical engineering degree to work for Lockheed Aeronautical Systems in Atlanta, Georgia.

There she was the team leader for a group that designed software for a lighted control display for the C-130J military cargo plane.

[citation needed] She navigated Mount Everest, Shishapangma, Gasherbrum II, Cho Oyu, Lhotse and Broad Peak.

Boskoff lived in Seattle, Washington and Norwood, Colorado, and served on the Board of Directors for the charity Room to Read.

A Room to Read memorial fund was set up in Boskoff’s name to benefit school children in Nepal.