Gloria has worked in the administrative and education field for over 7 years. She started her professional experience with Cuyamaca College as a peer advisor. During this time, Gloria worked in the counseling department and was responsible for developing plans and strategies to achieve long-term student self-sufficiency, especially for minorities. She then moved on to the Assessment Center as an assistant coordinating assessment tests for incoming students and conducting presentations for non-English (i.e., Spanish) speaking students. She transferred to Quality Engineering as an administrator. Her responsibilities ranged from handling the day to day activities of the firm as well as invoicing and various accounting tasks.

Gloria obtained her bachelor's degree in management from San Diego State University and her associate's degree from Cuyamaca College.

She joined Ivey Engineering, Inc. in 2002. Her responsibilities include maintaining the database of evidence and photographs, as well as managing paper documents and files. She is also in charge of managing voice recorded site inspections.