Childhood 

I was raised in the Church in a small town in Southwest Missouri. My maternal grandparents converted to the Church in Cape Town, South Africa and immigrated to Salt Lake City to be with the saints. My paternal grandparents have been members of the Church for as long as there has been a Church. My parents divorced when I was young and my dad remarried shortly after, blending two rather large families. I grew up as the fourth of fourteen children.

BYU-Idaho 

I earned my Bachelor's Degree in English, literature with an emphasis in Creative Writing. I also minored in Marriage and Family Relations.

Mission

I served an eighteen month mission for the Church shortly after I graduated from BYU-I. I was called to the Salt Lake City South Mission which was later formed (in part) into the Salt Lake City East Mission where I spent the remainder of my time. I spent most of my time in Sandy, Park City, and Holladay as well as Green River, Wyoming.

Marriage/Coming Out

I married in the temple quickly after I returned from my mission. Six years later, I came out as gay and my husband and I separated. Together we have one daughter. 

Life Now

Currently I am working towards getting my Master's degree in History at Missouri State. I am engaged to my fiancée, who was one of my roommates at BYU-Idaho. We live in Missouri with our four chickens, three cats, two dogs and one daughter.