In 2005 Mary began working at CORE Butte Charter School, a public personalized learning school in Chico, Ca. During her tenure, Mary developed and opened a College Model high school program and in 2016 she became the Superintendent/ Executive Director. In 2018 CORE Butte lost one of its resource centers to the devastating Camp Fire. During this time Mary worked closely with schools impacted by this event and supported all charter schools in Paradise to reopen to students. Mary currently works closely with groups across the nation to coordinate disaster relief and actively serves on many committees to support schools.