Ray Sullenger discovered Vitro and presented her to the Houston jazz community where she sang frequently with Arnett Cobb.

[4] She worked for two years at the Green Room in Houston with her group Roseanna with Strings and Things and hosted a radio show on KUHF-FM.

The band performed with Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Tommy Flanagan, and Keter Betts.

She appeared at The Blue Note, Iridium, Birdland, and Dizzy's Jazz Club at Lincoln Center.

In 2005 she performed and recorded with the Kenny Werner Trio at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. She has worked with Kenny Barron, Christian McBride, Elvin Jones, Gary Bartz, Kevin Mahogany, and David "Fathead" Newman, all of whom have appeared on her recordings.