O'Malia attended the Clifton Hughes School for Girls in Denver, Colorado. She started her career working in the advertising department of the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News. She later studied business administration and held management positions in various hotels and country clubs in New Mexico and Montana. Later Dorothy moved to Sacramento where she owned a small hotel. Dorothy became fascinated with astrology. She studied and practiced the Ancient Chinese Taoism Astrology. She was a long time member of the news staff of the National Broadcasting Company and American Broadcasti...