•  From 1988-1992 she worked as a home care companion while attending Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, VA.
•  After graduation from college in 1992, she took an administrative position at The University of Texas •  Medical Branch Home Health in Galveston, Texas.
In 1997 she accepted a position in Washington State with •  Evergreen Hospital in the department of Home Health and Hospice Care.
•  For a brief time in 1998 she worked with a Skilled Nursing Facility, this emphasized for her that her passion was for the delivery of care in the home.
•  In 1998 a private Medicare home health company recruited her in the North Seattle area, where she continued to develop her skill and knowledge base.
•  In 2001 a national non-medical home care agency asked her to head up the development of their fledgling San Diego branch. After a year and a half, she was convinced that she could integrate the systems she learned in Medicare Home Health with the more intensive personal care aspects of non-medical home care.
•  In 2003, Constant Companions was founded, integrating the years of experience and knowledge she gained working at many levels in the continuum of care.
•  In 2012, Gabriela completed the Certified Senior Advisor course and received certification as a Certified Senior Advisor by the Society of Certified Senior Advisors