She lived throughout New Jersey, including Belleville, Montclair, Seaside Heights, Toms River, Ortley Beach and Belmar before moving to California in 2007.
After graduating college, she wrote and produced local TV commercials and won a Telly Award for "Best Corporate Image" in 2005.
Clerks II (2006) was the first feature film she ever worked on, and she was a huge fan of the original. She decided to move to LA after flying out for the movie premiere.