She promotes educational and professional opportunities for Native American students in chemistry through a number of initiatives and for this work was awarded the 2018 American Chemical Society Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences.
[2] Ingram began her academic studies at Yavapai Community College in Arizona where she earned an associate's degree.
She specializes on environmental uranium and arsenic contamination and how they effect the food chain and water supplies of the Navajo nation.
[5][6] She also researches traditional Navajo food ingredients and their health benefits, for example juniper ash as a calcium source.
[7] In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, her research laboratory repurposed their facilities to produce hand sanitizer which was donated to the Navajo Nation.