[3] In 1972, she graduated from Albert Einstein High School in Kensington, Maryland and went on to receive a BSc in physics from Swarthmore College and a MSc in geophysics from Stanford University in 1979.
[2] In 2006, she was named as the sixth recipient of the National Hispanic scientist of the year by the Museum of Science & Industry in Tampa.
[2] She became a part of CASE (Council for Advancement and Support in Education) where she was responsible for training about 100 Washington public elementary school teachers.
[5] Inés Cifuentes made an effort in the early 2000s to open a charter school to aid minority students.
Her plan was to set up a Jaime Escalante Public Charter School in Silver Spring in hopes in helping the SAT scores of minority students.