[3] Gunter designed and restored several local neighborhood gardens and parks,[4][5][6] and began a landscape firm called Urbanscapes.

[7] On one assignment, she asked what the client wanted from a front yard, and to meet the needs of water conservation, beauty, and privacy, Gunter recycled a fence, mounded organic earth strategically to elevate selected areas, and planted large drought-resistant plants to make the house almost invisible from many perspectives to form a "kind of private park".

[8] She encourages neighbors to conserve water while organizing large block parties to build community ties.

Daily Organics", delivering fruits and vegetables to residents of South Los Angeles,[13][14][15] with a storefront built from a discarded shipping container.

[16] Gunter grew up in South Los Angeles, attended UCLA and majored in psychology, went to Europe, and worked as a runway model for Yves St. Laurent and André Courrèges in Japan and Paris and Italy for seven years before returning to her native city.