Family sent her to modeling school in Texas to overcome shyness. She
later worked as a Maybelline model.
As of March 2011, she owned her own Pilates studio in West Hollywood, CA, which she started one year previously.
As of July 2009, she was working for Grace Anatomy Studio in Studio City, CA, teaching Stott Pilates and yoga.
She works as a graphic artist and also sells her own hand-painted furniture.
Father was a pilot and captain in the US Marine Corps, so she and her family moved around quite a bit. Born in California, she was raised in Arizona and Texas.
Attended and graduated from Richardson High School in Richardson, TX, class of 1980.
Is a certified yoga instructor through Yoga Works.
Her maternal grandfather was of Finnish and Swedish ancestry.
She designs jewelry at her store in Big Bear Lake, CA.