At UCSD School of Medicine, Barbara was co-winner of the Hewing Medical Award for Research, co-publishing abstracts and papers in OB/GYN. Using her clinical background and psychological orientation, (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from Case Western Reserve), she developed her unique Face Reading system - the only one to honor all ethnic groups, ages, and genders. In her 20 years of private practice and teaching, she has looked at more than 6,000 people and teaches the patterns of personality styles.

National/local TV Guest on 50 shows: TYRA BANKS, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, LEARNING CHANNEL, KUSI MORNING NEWS, INSIDE SAN DIEGO, TAMMY FAYE SHOW. Her books, Face Reading: What Does Your Face Say? and Face Reading: How to Know Anyone at a Glance, sell internationally. She has presented over 300 Seminars including those for the US Navy, Fortune 500, Wells Fargo, UCSD, UCLA, USD, National University, Jenny Craig, Learning Annex, Hospice, YMCA, Center for Integrative Medicine, North Coast Nephrology Conference, MiraCosta and Palomar Colleges, IMS Ready (Surgical company), and the City of San Diego. She has read the faces of Oprah’s production staff and TV's national talk show's Christina and her family.