She is a board member of Lutheran Campus Ministries, ELCA, at the University of Colorado Boulder and is involved with its LGBT+ Students of Faith group. She was born in Encino, California (a true Valley girl), and her heart is divided between California and Colorado (if only Colorado had the ocean!). In addition to her academic pursuits, she enjoys drawing in oil pastels, anything Shakespeare, playing the guitar (badly), walking her four obnoxious dogs, traveling (especially to see grandkids in Bristol, UK), and hanging out with her wonderful husband and family.