She attended and graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo before finishing her Doctorate of Chiropractic Magna Cum Laude from Palmer West College of Chiropractic in the San Francisco Bay Area. Halfway through her chiropractic training she started racing enduro style mountain bikes and has been hooked ever since. She has raced all over the state of California and with support from Specialized Bicycles is expanding her reach to the surrounding Western States as well as internationally to include the rugged mountain ranges of South America and beautiful, loamy British Columbia.