Juanita has been involved with students who have significant cognitive impairments for more than 40 years. Her work in the Georgia public school system includes high school classrooms of students with moderate to profound intellectual impairments, community based vocational instruction, assistive technology specialist and Intellectual Disabilities Specialist. Her passion is providing access to the school curriculum for all students, especially those with significant impairments.

She was a Core Access Teacher with Georgia DOE, helping adapt materials to align instruction for alternate assessment students to state standards. She does trainings and workshops around the state of Georgia supporting teachers in providing meaningful access to the curriculum. She is a published author.