As an educator, her goal was to design learning opportunities for students that would empower them to think, question, create, understand, and act. As a retired educator and a volunteer, her goal now is to support the Science Center with participation in monthly committee meetings and involvement in programming preparation. A solar cooker project is an annual event at the Science Center. Mary is the co-founder of Solar Sisters, an NGO created to promote solar cooking locally in Ohio as well as internationally in Haiti, Kenya, and Pakistan.