Kathy is an OSHA Authorized General Industry Outreach Trainer, a California Registered Environmental Health Specialist and a consultant who specializes in promoting safe body art. She has had former careers as a clinical microbiologist and as a health inspector.

She has written proposed body art regulations for the state of California and the County of San Diego; served on body art task forces and committees; and presented at local, state, and international conferences. She has authored numerous body art safety training courses, articles, and booklets.

Kathy served as the editor of the California Environmental Health Association's Bulletin, and then as a member of the editorial board of the California Journal of Environmental Health. She was an officer and founding member of the California Alliance for the Promotion of Safe Body Art (CAPSBA).

Since 1997, Kathy has given in-person bloodborne pathogens classes to body artists throughout the United States and in Thailand, South Korea, China, the Philippines, and Vietnam.