Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te tau 2004, i mua i te tukunga o "Anacondas", i whakahaerehia e Strickland te whakaaturanga toi a te hoa kaiwhakaari a Heidi Jayne Netzley i te Edgemar Center for the Arts i Santa Monica, California. Ko ia tetahi o nga kaiwhakaari i whakapae i te taha o nga kaituhi i te 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America.
He aha? Ka mahi tahi hoki ia me te whakahaere whakaeke-whakamatautau RAINN. I te wa i tuhia ai e Shonda Rhimes te kaihanga o "Private Practice" he korero i whakaekehia ai te ahua o Strickland, ka whakaekehia, ka tahuri a Strickland ki RAINN kia mohio ai ko tana whakaahua he pono ki te ora. Na roto i tana mahi mo tenei korero, i mohio a Strickland ki te hononga whaiaro me RAINN ka whakatau ia kia noho hei kaitautoko. Mai i taua wa, kua korero ia mo te whakakore i nga taunakitanga DNA kaore ano kia whakamatautauria, a kua noho ia hei kaitautoko reo mo te whakamahi i nga taunakitanga DNA ki te whakatau i nga keehi moepuku. I mahi tahi hoki ia me Gorjana ki te hanga i tetahi taonga whakapaipai motuhake mo RAINN, i reira 80% o te utu hoko ka haere tika ki te whakahaere.