Judi received her Master's degree in Management Information Systems and her Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science with a minor in Business Administration from Northern Illinois University. She worked in industry (Motorola and AT&T) as a Programmer Analyst and Systems Analyst. Judi taught as a CIS adjunct faculty member from 1/91 - 8/97. Judi was hired as a full-time instructor 8/97.

Judi has served the college by serving as the CIS Internship Coordinator for non-networking internships. She also administers updates to CIS101 (Introduction to Computer Information Systems) and CIS106 (Computer Logic and Programming Technology). Judi is fluent in Spanish and she frequently represents minorities at events sponsored by the Office of MulitCultural Affairs.