I was born in West Jordan, Utah, and grew up on a dairy farm.  I graduated from Bingham High School and then completed cosmetology school in Salt Lake City.   I owned my own hair salon and worked for 10 years while my children were young.  In 1971, my family moved to Weston, Idaho, and we lived in many of the towns in the northern Utah-southern Idaho area.  When my children started school, I enrolled at Idaho State University and graduated in 1984 with a B.A. in Secondary Education.  I taught language arts and social studies for 11 years at Preston, Madison, and Rigby High Schools and was also the debate coach, drill team advisor, and student body officer advisor.

In 1995, we had the opportunity to move to St. George to open the area to the Papa Murphy Take-n-Bake Pizza franchise, where I worked with my husband for a year.  I then completed my M.Ed. at SUU in Secondary Education and in 1997 I began working for Dixie State College as an ETS advisor at Hurricane and Pine View High Schools.  In 1999, I was hired as the director of the Upward Bound program at DSC.  On August 18, 2003, I was hired as the director of the ETS program, replacing Ross Taylor, who retired.

I am married and have two children and three grandchildren, who I love to spoil often.  I like to travel, read, and exercise in my spare time.  I really enjoy working with the great staff and students in the ETS program and am appreciative of the opportunity to continue working in the TRIO programs at DSC.