In the summer of 2007 Trista started working at a new interior design firm in Boise, ID called Armstrong Planning and Design as a Designer/Project Manager. The company focuses on health care and hospitality.
In early 2007 she accepted a volunteer position as the Communications Director for ASID Intermountain Chapter.
After graduating Trista worked as a senior designer/project manager for Harker Design based in Idaho doing high end commercial and residential design for resorts in the mid and northwest.