She practiced in Lake Oswego, specializing in endodontics. A native Oregonian, she grew up in Independence and is a graduate of Willamette University and the OHSU School of Dentistry. She has served on the OADP Advisory Council for the past five years with passion. She is a frequent OADP volunteer, one of the leaders of the OADP Correspondence Committee, and a frequent visitor of her death-row penpal.