She has served as chief judge of the federal District Court of Guam since 2006, having been nominated by President George W. Bush.

She attended George Washington High School, in Mangilao, Guam and obtained her Bachelor of Arts in political science at Marquette University in 1980.

[2] She began her legal career as a law clerk for Forest W. Hanna on the circuit court of Jackson County, Missouri, from 1983 to 1984.

Subsequently, she served as chief prosecutor for the District of Guam from 1990 to 1994 at the Office of the Attorney General.

[4] On September 1, 2001, she was appointed by Governor Carl Gutierrez as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Guam.