A kaleidoscope of other work experience broadens her perspective. She has served martinis to millionaires and pinto beans to truckers. Typed pleadings for attorneys and analyses for a psychologist. Developed reading skills of Navajo children and writing skills of ranch kids. Improved math skills for unwed mothers and English skills for adult Spanish speakers.

And, Donna has written - promoting businesses, organizations, communities, and people, places, and events.

New Mexico publishing credits include legal secretarial articles, La Ristra; poetry, Thoughtscapes; art and drama reviews (with her husband, Dallas Lemmon), Silver City Enterprise, Wilderness Outlook, Desert Winds, and Deming Headlight; bi-weekly Internet column for educators and kids, Lordsburg Liberal; featured "Deming Profile," New Mexico Business Journal; Great American Duck Race features, Your Host New Mexico; and hospitality/business articles, Southern New Mexico Online Magazine.

Other writing includes grants for education and the arts, documentation for disability claimants, obituaries for a funeral home, and "reams" of publicity for Deming/Luna County organizations and the accomplishments of teens.

Her versatility is reflected in her role models - Eleanor Roosevelt, Carl Sandburg, Gwendolyn Brooks, Walt Disney, and Auntie Mame. Her husband mentions that he detects the influence of Mae West as well.