Has a BA in Theater Arts and a minor in Art History from Cal State University-Los Angeles.
Continually works to raise awareness and money for the treatment of lymphatic cancers after having fought through stage 3 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma herself.
In 2007 she was diagnosed with uterine cancer, which was in remission as of 2011 after chemotherapy. In 2013 she was diagnosed with stage III Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She died on the night of 4/2/16 in her sleep at age 31.
TATTOOS: : Butterfly on her left wrist to commemorate friends she has lost over the years and a Lord of the Rings tattoo on her lower back to commemorate her grandfather when he passed. Flower with twisty stem on lower right side of back; Butterfly on outside right calf.
Is an avid National Hockey League fan and has always been a San Jose Sharks fan.