Waldron started her academic career as an assistant professor of Latin American history at Bowdoin College in Maine. During that time she obtained a Fulbright Fellowship and taught at the Universidad Catolica de Andres Bello in Caracas, Venezuela. Waldron left her academic career in 1980 and joined Chemical Bank in New York before moving to Citibank where she remained for 13 years.
Waldron began her professional life as an assistant professor of Latin American history at Bowdoin College in Maine. She later received a Fulbright Fellowship, teaching at the Universidad Catolica de Andres Bello in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1980, Waldron left academia and joined Chemical Bank in New York before working for Citibank for 13 years.