After completing her high school education from some high school in Lincoln, Delaware, she became enrolled at University of Delaware and majored in English Education. She graduated from there in 2004. She began appearing in beauty pageant since 2001 and she finally became the winner of the Miss Delaware in 2003. While she won this title she was the sophomore at Syracuse University. In 2004, she also competed in several fashion shows and she was also crowned with Linda Kurtz that year. Once she was also the high school teacher in her own home town. She also acted as a theater performer.