I grew up in St. Paris, Ohio and graduated from Graham. I went to college at West Point and graduated from Wittenberg. While I was in college, I got my real estate license for the first time and bought, fixed up and sold rental properties. When I graduated, I started working for Goodyear. When I moved back to Ohio in 2003 I reactivated my license and sold real estate until my 4th child was born. My husband and I bought many properties to fix up, sell or rent. Ben and I were foster parents for many years where we adopted 2 special needs teens. One is deaf and autistic and the other is nonverbal autistic. We recently returned from Nicaragua with our family in February 2020, where we were missionaries for 3.5 years. I reactivated my license to help fund raise for the missions work that our family is doing in Nicaragua. I delivered my twelfth child in April of 2020. She is the sweetest little red head with Downs Syndrome. God has been so good to my family.