After graduating from Flathead High School, I attended Seattle University where I received a BA in Political Science. I then moved across the country and spent several years in Washington DC as a lobbyist.

I moved back to Montana in 2000 and worked in various positions around the state before I eventually joined the Cayuse Prairie Staff in the Spring of 2007 as the Business Manager/District Clerk. At the same time, I went back to school and received my BS in Accounting in the Spring of 2008.

My husband, son and I live in Columbia Falls, where I am a Trustee on the school district board. We take advantage of where we live by spending much of our time outdoors and with family and friends.