After graduating from South Hills School of Business and Technology, Mrs. Gilham worked at Penn State University, first with the Eberly College of Science, Research Administration, then with Biobehavioral Health Department, Undergraduate Department. Later, moved to Utah, worked at KinderCare Learning Center as a teacher/cook and retail clerk at Tuesday Morning. She moved back in 2018. Before joining the firm she was the executive assistant at a in-home health care agency.