Born in Boise and raised in Middleton; graduate of The College of Idaho, B.A. in political economics, summa cum laude; graduate of William & Mary Law School, J.D., cum laude; member of the Idaho State Bar; executive director of Jesse Tree, a Treasure Valley nonprofit dedicated to preventing eviction and homelessness; board of trustees member at The College of Idaho; former attorney for communities addressing homelessness; served as asylum and refugee officer for the Department of Homeland Security, covering details on the U.S.-Mexico border, Turkey, El Salvador, and in multiple U.S. locations; worked for international nonprofit organizations in Cambodia and Sierra Leone on protecting communities’ agricultural land rights; 2012 Boren Fellow; avid hiker and reader; loving mother to one son.