The Very Reverend Vaughn attended the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest where she received her Master of Divinity degree in 2008. She was ordained on February 22, 2009.

Prior to coming to Annunciation, she served for two years as an Associate Rector at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Austin Texas, and five years as the Rector of Grace Episcopal Church Chillicothe, Missouri. On November 1, 2015 she became the fourth Rector of Annunciation, Vidalia.