She attended Gonzaga University graduating in 1977 and did graduate work at the University of Iowa receiving an MA/MFA in 1981. Romey grew up in Sublimity, Oregon and following graduate school has traveled extensively living in Italy, Spain, Yugoslavia, and France where she was an artist at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis. She moved to Idaho in 1987 with her husband, painter, Stephen Schultz. Living and painting in the woods for 15 years provided inspiration for much of her mature work. They moved to Sandpoint, ID in 2000 renovating an old machine shop and sewing factory creating great studios and a living loft where they currently work and reside.