Born in Portland, Oregon; lived in Lewiston, Idaho, for the last 50 years; graduate of Lewiston High School and of the University of Idaho with a Bachelor of Science in education; served as program coordinator and professor in the paralegal and legal assisting programs at Lewis-Clark State College for 15 years; for the past 44 years, she has worked along with her husband to manage his law practice, their family corporation (consisting of a cattle ranch, timber, and commercial real estate development), and their personal partnership in residential and commercial rentals; past member of the Tammany School Board; past president of the Idaho Association for Legal Professionals; president of Lewis-Clark State College’s Foundation Board (2021-2023); board member of the Idaho Community Foundation, the Idaho Business for Education organization, University of Idaho’s Strategic Initiative Fund; advisory board member of the University of Idaho Extension Program; member of the Idaho Workforce Development Council; precinct captain for the Nez Perce County Republican Central Committee; spouse: William Vern McCann, Jr.; four children; eleven grandchildren.