[7] Gozemba completed her EdD at Boston University in 1975, with a thesis titled The Effect of Rhetorical Training in Visual Literacy on the Writing Skills of College Freshmen.

[15] When three bills with impact on the LGBT community were slated to be reviewed by the Massachusetts legislature in 1978, Gozemba and eleven other activists formed the North Shore Gay Alliance and began registering voters.

[17] After the bills were successfully defeated, the organization turned its focus toward social and educational programs designed to bring community members together.

[31][32] In 2002, she published with Eileen de los Rios, Pockets of Hope, a critique of the authoritarian aspects of the public education system in the United States.

[33] The book looked at innovative solutions used in states from Hawaii to New Hampshire to combat societal issues like ageism, classism, homophobia, racism, sexism, and xenophobia.

It also evaluated how teachers and students could work to reduce inequality and discrimination, driving social change and optimism for the future, while at the same time preserving cultural traditions and the natural environment.

[33] Her teaching was recognized by the G. Theodore Mitau Award for Innovation and Change in Higher Education of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

[36] The book gave the political history of the Massachusetts struggle to develop the LGBT community, for it to gain visibility and for the legalization of same-sex marriage.

[37] Academic K. L. Broad noted in a review of the work that the book was a beneficial reference for understanding the ideological and legal processes underlying family, gender, and sexual politics in the United States.

The report made false claims that legalizing same-sex marriage had led to higher HIV/AIDS rates in Massachusetts and to changes in the school curricula in the state to include LGBT-focused books.

Jo-Ann Adams, a lobbyist for the civil union bill, had Gozemba draft a rebuttal document to Camenker's claims that was distributed to Senate members.

She has worked on such issues as developing a comprehensive long-term plan for maintaining, rehabilitating, or repurposing the Salem Harbor Power Station.

[41] She has also been involved in pushing the city to address the problem of natural gas leaks from aging infrastructure that cause destruction of trees and green spaces.

Salem State University created an award bearing her name that honors campus role models in the LGBT community.