Dolores joined the University of Texas at Austin in 2005, in the Kinesiology and Health Education Department, as an administrative assistant. Since then, she has progressed to administrative associate in the Educaiton Administration Department, and in the Information Techology Services and Networking Department. Later, she served as a payment specialist II in the Central Business Office, a senior administrative associate in the Astronomy Department, and is now the executive assistant for the Wootton Center for Astrophysical Plasma Properties.