| Born Janesville, Wisconsin, March 29, 1952; married; 5 children, 13 grandchildren.
Graduate Mukwonago Union High School, 1970; B.S. in Education, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1974; certificate in EBD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990; M.A. in Education, Viterbo University, 2005; instructor certificate, autism spectrum and enhanced verbal skills, Crisis Prevention Institute (Milwaukee), 2008, 2010, 2013.
Full-time legislator. Former dairy goat farmer, special education teacher.
Member- Columbia County Democratic Party; Sauk County Democratic Party; Pheasants Forever; Ducks Unlimited; First United Methodist Church, Baraboo.
Former member- Baraboo Education Association (president); American Dairy Goat Association (judge); Wisconsin Dairy Goat Association (president); Crisis Prevention Institute (instructor).
Elected to Assembly since 2014. |