She began her career in television news in Los Angeles, where she worked as a field producer and researcher for KCBS-TV News from 1985 to 1988, as a news producer for the North American bureau of Nine Network Australia from 1988 to 1990, and as a freelance film and video producer from 1990 to 1992.
In Los Angeles, she embarked on her television news career by working as a field producer and researcher for KCBS-TV News from 1985 to 1988. She then moved to the North American office of Nine Network Australia as a news producer from 1988 to 1990, before transitioning to freelance film and video production from 1990 to 1992.