Born in Utah, ranch and farm raised; graduate, Bridgerland Vocational Center farm and ranch management; small business owner and farm owner/operator; PTA president, school board member, and vice chairman; precinct committee woman, state committee woman, and served on resolutions committee and rules committee; National Farmers Union representative at Rural Electrification hearings in Washington, D.C.; former Friends of NRA committee chairman; five children; 11 grandchildren.