Barbara was the first wheelchair user to graduate Suma Cum Laude with a degree in culinary arts from an accredited CIA (Culinary Institute of America) school. She writes feature articles and a weekly column for the Albuquerque Tribune. She has created two websites that are now used as teaching tools for several prominent universities: Lenore Chinn — Break in Pulp; and Disability Culture Timeline — A Brief History. The latter website was once quoted in the Scottish National Holocaust Memorial Day website. She was also the webmaster for VSA arts of New Mexico, North Fourth Art Center's previous web site.

Barbara's future includes completing her Masters in Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing and Directing at the University of New Mexico, the expansion and promotion of her production company EPL Productions, Inc., and to further the extermination of the disabled myth Better Off Dead.