While attending Pueblo, Naomi was editor of the El Guerro, president of the Quill & Scroll Society, treasurer of the National Honor Society, and Pueblo's representative to the Tucson Daily Citizens Teen Citizen. She attended college in Washington and in Maryland. She had a 32 year career in Washington, D.C. with the National Center for Health Statistics, DHHS. Following her retirement, she began writing short stories and had books published in 2006 (Stories My Grandmother Would Love) and in 2007 (Cat in My New Christmas Hat & Other Stories). She is currently working on her third book which will be titled The Maryland Stories. She still keeps in touch with many friends from her 1960 class.