Dr. Archer-Festa is a practicing dentist for the past 27 years. She completed a 2 year general practice residency at Brookdale Hospital and Medical Center in East New York, Brooklyn.

Currently, her primary responsibility is being employed as an Associate Professor at New York City College of Technology, Department of Dental Hygiene located in Brooklyn, New York. In her position as an educator she has enhanced the Dental Hygiene curriculum with her knowledge of management of medically complex patients in the dental environment as well as her in depth knowledge of CaMBRA.

Additionally,   she works with AETC (AIDS Education and Training Center) as a clinical consultant. She has been invited to lecture at the Greater New York Dental Meeting as well as Nassau/Suffolk and Westchester Dental Components of New York State Dental Association.