Graduate Evergreen Park Community High School, 1976; B.S. in Psychology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 1988; Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development class of 2017.

Former automobile dealer; small business owner; family dairy farmer.

Member- Jackson County Local Emergency Planning Commission; Farm Bureau; Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (former council president); Tomah Chamber of Commerce (former board of directors member); NRA; American Legion Auxiliary; board of directors of the nonprofit Handishop Industries; Monroe County Mental Health Coalition; American Association of University Women-Tomah Chapter.

Former member- Tomah Memorial Hospital board of directors (former officer); American Business Women's Association (former president).

Recipient- Sparta Area School District Certificate of Recognition 2015; Wisconsin Child Support Enforcement Association Legislative Award 2016; Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians Friend of Family Medicine 2016; Dairy Business Association Legislative Excellence Award 2018, 2017, 2016; Wisconsin Library Association Wisconsin Library Champion 2016; National Foundation for Women Legislators Elected Women of Excellence Award 2017; U.S. Army War College Commandant's National Security Program Certificate of Leader Development 2017; Tomah AAUW Mary E. Wedin Women's History Month Award 2018; NCSL Early Learning Fellow 2018.

Elected to Assembly since 2014.

Member of Small Business Regulatory Review Board