Holley was a single parent working as a clerical assistant at CSUF when she started college. She dove into law school four years after obtaining her undergraduate degree while employed by State Compensation Insurance Fund as a sales representative. While waiting for Bar results, she worked as a legal assistant for the Fresno County Counsel “tackling” piles of probate files that no one wanted to handle. She was hired as a Deputy County Counsel immediately upon receiving Bar results. She handled probate and employment discrimination defense cases, as well as creating and presenting sexual harassment and discrimination trainings. In 1998 after promoting through the ranks, she was promoted to Chief Deputy County Counsel supervising 11 attorneys and several support staff servicing multiple county departments. In December 2002, Holley was recruited to work at Cal State San Marcos reporting directly to the University President and the Vice President for Finance and Administration. As Assistant Vice President for Human Resources and Legal Compliance and Interim Director of Human Resources, Holley was responsible for all employment issues, developing policies and employee training. After retiring Holley returned to Fresno in May 2004 and briefly continued working for the CSU before joining the Perez firm. She handles the firm’s Probate matters. She also writes briefs and motions. Additionally, Holley has been a real estate broker since the 1980’s.