She graduated with a Certificate of Excellence, won the 2004 Alumni Award for Pastry from Chef Jacques Pepin and was on the Pastry Advisory Board with Chef Jacques Torres for more than a decade. Victoria was the Executive Pastry Chef at The Water Club in NYC for 15 years. A desire to give back to her community led her to another career change. She is now a special education, career and technical education teacher at the Manhattan School for Career Development, where she teaches culinary arts to autistic children.