Ouida has been a UCP volunteer for more than 25 years, and is an expert in dealing with housing issues related to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. For her volunteer service to UCP, Ouida was the recipient of the 2004 Ethel Hausman Volunteer of the Year Award, an annual award given to one volunteer in the United States whose efforts have made an outstanding contribution to United Cerebral Palsy. Ouida is a real estate agent with Realty Associates of Atlanta.