Erlinda began her IRS career in the clerical/secretarial field. She worked in Examination, Collections and what is now TEGE. In 1994, she worked as a Spanish-speaking tax auditor, now known as a tax compliance officer. In 1998, Erlinda left the Service to raise a family and pursue a Bachelor of Business Degree in Accounting, graduating with honors.
In 2006, Erlinda reapplied and was hired as an Internal Revenue Agent. Per Erlinda "Being an internal revenue agent has been fun but also challenging at times." Erlinda has worked many interesting cases and has been assigned to a few details, such as, acting group manager and returns classification. She also served as an instructor for Revenue Agent Phase II training, teaching advanced subjects; such as: capital expenditures, indirect methods, pass through entities and passive activity losses just to name a few.
Erlinda was accepted into the management interest program for 2022 fiscal year.