- Has watched every episode of the original 'Survivor' series and starts each day reading the show motto aloud to herself 'Outwit, Outlast, Outplay. Survivor.'.
- When an interviewer asked her what her first choice for a luxury item to bring to the island would be, she instantly answered, 'Lipstick!'.
- Wrote a book called 'Wonderlust' about the experience of traveling solo through Vietnam.
- For such a successful and inspired Triathlete, she didn't learn to swim until her mid-20's.
- She works professionally as a Yoga Instructor in the Chicago area.
- Began applying to appear on the 'Survivor' show before the start of the second season and never gave up hope for the next 18 years.
- Hobbie include: Triathlon, running, yoga, meditation, climbing mountains and trekking, travel and writing.
- Is a divorced single mother of two young boys [6 & 8 during March, 2018]who accompany her to as many races and events as possible.
- Has been to 24 countries on six continents. [as of March 2018].
- Participated in a 'Semester Abroad' program while in college, but instead of touring the sights of the European capitals such as Rome, Paris or London, she was quite literally squeezed into a packed train for a week and dropped off in the middle of Siberia with a group of other girls she had never met before, some who spoke neither English of Russian. She loved the experience.
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