Music Producer Suzi began her career in journalism and won an award regarding court-ordered integration of schools in the 1990s, from The National Association of Small Newspapers. She has owned a record label called "Red Hot Records of Kansas City"
Suzi has volunteered for the Kansas City Blues Society for many years and was known as Mattie in the "Mattie and Mae" Blues News Gossip Column. She served on the executive board for the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival for several years. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the KCK Blues Music Festival for her contributions to Blues Music.